Klara Geywitz (German pronunciation: [ˈklaːʁa ˈɡaɪ̯ʋɪt͜s]; born 18 February 1976) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) serving as Federal Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the Scholz cabinet since 2021.^[1] She served as member of the Landtag of Brandenburg from 2004 until 2019, and is a Deputy Leader of the SPD since 2019.^[2]

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Klara Geywitz
Geywitz in 2016
Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Building
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 December 2021
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Horst Seehofer (as Minister of the Interior, Building and Community)
Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 December 2019 Serving with Serpil Midyatli, Anke Rehlinger, Thomas Kutschaty, Hubertus Heil
Leader	Saskia Esken Lars Klingbeil
Preceded by	Natascha Kohnen
General Secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Brandenburg
In office 2 September 2013 – 1 November 2017
Leader	Dietmar Woidke
Preceded by	Klaus Ness
Succeeded by	Erik Stohn
Member of the Landtag of Brandenburg for Potsdam I
In office 13 October 2004 – 25 September 2019
Preceded by	Herbert Knoblich
Succeeded by	Marie Schäffer
Personal details
Born	(1976-02-18) 18 February 1976 (age 48) Potsdam, Bezirk Potsdam, East Germany (now Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party (1992–)
Residence	Potsdam
Alma mater	University of Potsdam
Occupation	Politician Political Scientist Political Staffer
Website	Official party website

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Klara Geywitz was born 1976 in Potsdam in the former German Democratic Republic. She studied political science at the University of Potsdam^[when?]. In 1994, Geywitz became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.^{[citation needed]}

From 2004 until 2019, Geywitz was a member of the Landtag of Brandenburg.^[3] Among other committee assignments, she served on the Budget Committee from 2009 until 2014. She was always elected in First-past-the-post voting for her electoral district in Potsdam,^[4] until she was defeated in the 2019 state election by Greens candidate Marie Schäffer.

From 2008 until 2013, Geywitz served as deputy chairwoman of the SPD in Brandenburg, under the leadership of its chairman Matthias Platzeck.^[5] From 2013 until 2017, she was the party's Secretary General, this time under chairman Dietmar Woidke.^[5]

In the negotiations to form a fourth cabinet under Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 elections, Geywitz was part of her party's delegation.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2019 SPD leadership election, Geywitz announced she would run as co-chair, together with incumbent Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz.^[6] In the final voting round, she and Scholz were defeated winning 45 per cent of the party base, while Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans won with 53 per cent of the vote.^[2] At a SPD national convention in 2019, Geywitz was later elected as one of the five deputies of the party's co-chairs Esken and Walter-Borjans.^[7] in December 2021, she was re-elected at the SPD national convention .^[8]

Since 2020, Geywitz has been working for the Brandenburg Court of Audit.^[9]

In 2020, following Thomas Oppermann’s death, Geywitz endorsed Dagmar Ziegler as his successor in the office of Vice-President of the German Bundestag.^[17]

Geywitz is married and has three children.^[5]