Bernd Westphal


Bernd Westphal is a German trade unionist and politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.

Political career

Westphal first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election. He is a member of the Committee for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. He has been serving as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on economic affairs and energy since 2015.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Westphal was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led by Armin Laschet, Georg Nüßlein and Barbara Hendricks.

Other activities

Corporate boards