Joe Weingarten

Joe Weingarten
Member of the Bundestag
In office 2019–2025
Personal details
Born	(1962-03-17) 17 March 1962 (age 63) Bad Kreuznach, West Germany (now Germany)
Citizenship	German
Nationality	Germany
Political party	SPD
Children	3

Joe Weingarten (born 17 March 1962 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German Social Democratic Party of Germany politician who has been a member of the Bundestag since 1 November 2019 til 18 March 2025. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Political career

In parliament, Weingarten served on the Defense Committee as well as on the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. ^[4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Weingarten has been serving as deputy chair of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East since 2022. ^[5] In 2023, he joined a cross-party working group on dogs. ^[6]

In February 2025, Weingarten lost his seat in Bundestag in district Kreuznach against Julia Klöckner.

Other activities

• Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2022) ^[7]

Political positions

Ahead of the 2025 national elections, Weingarten endorsed Boris Pistorius as the Social Democrats' candidate to succeed Chancellor Olaf Scholz. ^[8]

References

1. Deshalb verwende ich den Begriff ‚Gesindel‘ auch weiter
2. Joe Weingarten und das „Gesindel“: Mitglieder der Mainzer SPD legen Parteiaustritt nahe – CDU hinterfragt Rolle von Denis Alt
3. Dr. Joe Weingarten, SPD
4. Joe Weingarten Bundestag.
5. Joe Weingarten Bundestag.
6. Boris Herrmann (29 May 2023), Tiere am Arbeitsplatz: Hund und Mandat vereinbaren  Süddeutsche Zeitung .
7. Advisory Board, Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS).
8. Guy Chazan (17 November 2024), SPD politician joins calls for Pistorius to replace Scholz as election candidate Financial Times .