Josephine Ortleb

Josephine Ortleb (born 25 November 1986) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saarland since 2017. She has been its Vice President as of March 2025.

Josephine Ortleb
Ortleb in 2020
Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the SPD-faction)
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 March 2025
President	Julia Klöckner
Preceded by	Aydan Özoğuz
Whip of the Social Democratic Party in the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 December 2020 Serving with Gabriele Katzmarek, Marianne Schieder, Johannes Fechner
Leader	Rolf Mützenich
Chief Whip	Carsten Schneider Katja Mast
Preceded by	Dagmar Ziegler
Member of the Bundestag for Saarbrücken
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 October 2017
Preceded by	Anette Hübinger
Personal details
Born	(1986-11-25) 25 November 1986 (age 38) Saarbrücken, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	SPD

Political career

Ortlieb became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing Saarbrücken.^[1] In parliament, she is a member of the Committee on Families, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.^[2][3] In this capacity, she serves as her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on gender equality.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to her committee assignments, Ortleb has been a substitute member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2018, where she serves on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 2018) and the Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 2020).^[4]

Since 2020, Ortleb has been part of the SPD parliamentary group’s leadership under its chairman Rolf Mützenich.^[5] Within the group, she belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.^[6]

Other activities

• German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (2020–2021)^[7]
• Food, Beverages and Catering Union (NGG), Member^{[citation needed]}