Sebastian Hartmann

Sebastian Hartmann (born 7 July 1977) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since 2013, representing the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district.

Hartmann was born 1977 in Oberhausen and, on a scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, studied jurisprudence without achieving an academic degree.

Hartmann joined the SPD in 1993.

From 2011 until 2013, Hartmann worked in the staff of Martin Schulz.

In the 2013 elections, Hartmann became a member of the Bundestag, representing the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis.

In parliament, Hartmann first served on the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure from 2014 until 2015 before moving to the Committee on Internal Affairs.

In his capacity as the SPD parliamentary group's rapporteur on integration and asylum, he was the co-author of landmark legislation aimed at regulating economic immigration and helping immigrants integrate into German society.

Since the 2021 elections, Hartmann has been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson for internal affairs.

Since 2022, he has also been a member of the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr), which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany's intelligence services BND, BfV and MAD.

That same year, he joined the Commission for the Reform of the Electoral Law and the Modernization of Parliamentary Work, co-chaired by Johannes Fechner and Nina Warken.

From 2018 until 2021, he also served as chairman of the SPD North Rhine-Westphalia.

From 2018 to 2021, Hartmann served as chairman of the SPD in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state.

In addition to his committee assignments, Hartmann has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019.