Gustav Herzog

Gustav Herzog (born 11 October 1958) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1998 until 2021.^[1]

Gustav Herzog
Gustav Herzog in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
In office 1998–2021
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-11) 11 October 1958 (age 66) Harxheim, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	SPD

Political career

Herzog first became a member of the Bundestag in the 1998 German federal election, representing Kaiserslautern.^[2] He was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Committee on Digital Agenda.^[3][4]

In late 2019, Herzog announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.^[5]

Other activities

• Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council (since 2018)
• IG BCE, Member