Martin Schulz

Martin Schulz
Chairman of the Social Democratic Party
In office 19 March 2017 – 13 February 2018
Preceded by	Sigmar Gabriel
Succeeded by	Olaf Scholz (Acting)
25th President of the European Parliament
In office 17 January 2012 – 17 January 2017
Vice President	List Antonio Tajani (EPP) Mairead McGuinness (EPP) Rainer Wieland (EPP) Ramón Luis Valcárcel (EPP) Ildikó Pelczné Gáll (EPP) Adina Vălean (EPP) Corina Crețu (S&D) Sylvie Guillaume (S&D) David Sassoli (S&D) Olli Rehn (ALDE) Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE) Ulrike Lunacek (G/EFA) Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL) Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR)
Preceded by	Jerzy Buzek
Succeeded by	Antonio Tajani
Leader of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
In office 5 July 2004 – 17 January 2012
Preceded by	Enrique Barón Crespo
Succeeded by	Hannes Swoboda
Member of the European Parliament
In office 19 July 1994 – 10 February 2017
Constituency	Germany
Personal details
Born	(1955-12-20) 20 December 1955 (age 68) Hehlrath, West Germany (now Eschweiler, Germany)
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Inge Schulz
Children	2
Signature
Website	Official website

Martin Schulz (born 20 December 1955) is a German Social Democratic (SPD) politician. He was the President of the European Parliament from 2012 to 2017. From March 2017 to February 2018, he served as the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party.

Before to his Presidency of the European Parliament, he was the leader of its Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats group. Elected as European Parliament President in 2012, Schulz was re-elected on 1 July 2014.^[1] On 17 January 2017, he was succeeded by Antonio Tajani of the EPP.

In November 2016, he announced he would not seek a third term, but instead would stand in 2017 as the SPD candidate for the German Chancellorship. In January 2017, Schultz became the official SDP candidate for the German Chancellorship.^[2] He lost the election to Angela Merkel.

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