Thorsten Rudolph

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Thorsten Rudolph
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Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1974-03-15) 15 March 1974 (age 51)
Koblenz, West Germany
(now Germany)
Party SPD
Alma mater University of Bonn

Thorsten Rudolph (born 15 March 1974) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2021.

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Early life and education

Rudolph was born 1974 in the West German city of Koblenz and studied law and economics at the University of Bonn. [1]

Career

From 2009 to 2021, Rudolph worked at the State Ministry of Finance and at the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Political career

Rudolph joined the SPD in 1989.

Rudolph first entered the Bundestag in 2021, representing the Koblenz district. [2] In parliament, he has since been serving on the Budget Committee and its Subcommittee on European Affairs. In 2022, he also joined the parliamentary body charged with overseeing a 100 billion euro special fund to strengthen Germany’s armed forces. Since the 2025 elections, he has been his parliamentary group's spokesperson on the national budget. [3] That same year, he also became a member of the so-called Confidential Committee (Vertrauensgremium) of the Budget Committee, which provides budgetary supervision for Germany's three intelligence services, BND, BfV and MAD. [4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Rudolph has been serving as deputy chair of the German-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group. [5]

Other activities

References

  1. "Thorsten Rudolph: thorsten-rudolph.spd.de". thorsten-rudolph.spd.de. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
  2. "Deutscher Bundestag - Thorsten Rudolph".
  3. Jens Jordan and Lea Hensen (20 May 2025), Bundestag: Das sind die neuen Sprecher der SPD-Fraktion Vorwärts .
  4. Kaufmann nicht zum Vizepräsidenten gewählt – Gremien besetzt Bundestag, press release of 26 June 2025.
  5. Thorsten Rudolph Bundestag.
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  7. 2024 Annual Report KfW.
  8. Thorsten Rudolph Bundestag.