Dirk Wiese (politician)
Dirk Wiese is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013. From 2017 until 2018, he served as a Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy under Minister Brigitte Zypries, in the coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Since 2018, he has been the German government's Coordinator for Inter-Societal Cooperation with Russia, Central Asia and the Eastern Partnership Countries at the Federal Foreign Office.Early career
From 2010 until 2013, Wiese worked as legislative advisor to Franz Müntefering.Political career
Wiese became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election, representing the Hochsauerlandkreis district. In parliament he has served as a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy. Since 2014, he has been an alternate member of the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice, the Federal Administrative Court, the Federal Fiscal Court, the Federal Labour Court, and the Federal Social Court. Since 2020, he has been serving as one of his parliamentary group's deputy chairpersons, under the leadership of chairman Rolf Mützenich.
In addition to his committee assignments, Wiese has been chairing the German-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group since 2018.Other activities
