served as honorary mayor of Würselen from 1987 to 1998, as a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2017, and as its president from 2012 to 2017. In 2017–2018, he was chairman of the SPD and was the party’s candidate for chancellor in the 2017 federal election. He remained a member of the Bundestag until 2021. Since his election in December 2020, he has chaired the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and since March 2021, has also been the editor of NG/FH.
Die autobiografischen Angaben entstammen dem Zeitpunkt des jeweils letzten Beitrages.
