Manuela Schwesig

Manuela Schwesig MdL MdBR
Schwesig in 2024
President of the Bundesrat
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2023
First Vice President	Peter Tschentscher
Preceded by	Peter Tschentscher
Minister-President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 July 2017
Deputy	Lorenz Caffier Harry Glawe Simone Oldenburg
Preceded by	Erwin Sellering
Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 June 2017
Deputy	Stefan Sternberg Nadine Julitz Christian Pegel Erik von Malottki Reem Alabali-Radovan
General Secretary	Julian Barlen
Preceded by	Erwin Sellering
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Acting
In office 3 June 2019 – 10 September 2019 Serving with Malu Dreyer, Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
General Secretary	Lars Klingbeil
Preceded by	Andrea Nahles
Succeeded by	Norbert Walter-Borjans Saskia Esken
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 13 November 2009 – 10 September 2019
Leader	Sigmar Gabriel Martin Schulz Andrea Nahles
Preceded by	Peer Steinbrück
Succeeded by	Klara Geywitz
Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
In office 17 December 2013 – 2 June 2017
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Kristina Schröder
Succeeded by	Katarina Barley
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Cabinet Minister of Labour, Equality and Social Affairs In office 25 October 2011 – 16 December 2013 Minister-President Erwin Sellering Preceded by herself (Social Affairs) Jürgen Seidel (Labour) Succeeded by Birgit Hesse Minister of Health and Social Affairs In office 6 October 2008 – 25 October 2011 Minister-President Erwin Sellering Preceded by Erwin Sellering Succeeded by herself (Social Affairs)
Landtag constituencies Member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for Schwerin I Incumbent Assumed office 26 October 2021 Preceded by Erwin Sellering (2019) In office 4 October 2011 – 14 January 2014 Preceded by Gottfried Timm Succeeded by Dagmar Kaselitz
Personal details
Born	Manuela Frenzel (1974-05-23) 23 May 1974 (age 50) Frankfurt (Oder), Bezirk Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany (now Brandenburg, Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party (2003–)
Spouse	Stefan Schwesig ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	2
Residence	Schwerin
Alma mater	Fachhochschule für Finanzen Brandenburg
Occupation	Politician Tax Investigator Civil Servant
Website	Official website

Manuela Schwesig (German pronunciation: [manuˈeːla ˈʃʋeːzɪç];^[1] née Frenzel,^[2] born 23 May 1974) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 4 July 2017, becoming the first woman to serve in that post. Previously she served as Federal Minister of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the third cabinet of Angela Merkel from 2013 to 2017. On 20 October 2023, she was elected President of the Bundesrat. Her one-year term started on 1 November 2023.^[3]