Joe Weingarten

Joe Weingarten (born 17 March 1962 in Bad Kreuznach) is a German Social Democratic Party of Germany politician who has been a member of the Bundestag since 1 November 2019 til 18 March 2025.^[1][2][3]

Joe Weingarten
Member of the Bundestag
In office 2019–2025
Personal details
Born	(1962-03-17) 17 March 1962 (age 63) Bad Kreuznach, West Germany (now Germany)
Citizenship	German
Nationality	Germany
Political party	SPD
Children	3

Political career

In parliament, Weingarten served on the Defense Committee as well as on the Subcommittee on Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.^[4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Weingarten has been serving as deputy chair of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East since 2022.^[5] In 2023, he joined a cross-party working group on dogs.^[6]

In February 2025, Weingarten lost his seat in Bundestag in district Kreuznach against Julia Klöckner.

Other activities

• Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2022)^[7]

Political positions

Ahead of the 2025 national elections, Weingarten endorsed Boris Pistorius as the Social Democrats' candidate to succeed Chancellor Olaf Scholz.^[8]