Arne Lietz

Arne Lietz MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019
Constituency	Germany
Personal details
Born	(1976-06-23) 23 June 1976 Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Political party	German Social Democratic Party European Union Party of European Socialists

Arne Lietz (born 23 July 1976) is a German politician who served Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany from 2014 until 2019. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.

Early life and career

Lietz studied History, Politics and Education at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He graduated with a master's degree in History. From 2004–2006 Lietz was the European representative of the American charity Facing History and Ourselves which develops educational material on injustice and prejudice throughout history, with a particular focus on The Holocaust. During his time at the charity he worked in Berlin, Boston and London. He later worked as a parliamentary assistant, a script-writer and a washer-up.

Parliamentary service

• Member, Committee on Development (2014–2019)
• Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs (2014–2019)
• Member, Delegation for relations with Israel (2014–2019)
• Member, Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula (2015–2019)

In addition to his committee assignments, Lietz served as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.

Other activities

• Energy Watch Group (EWG), Member
• German War Graves Commission, Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
• Atlantik-Brücke, Member
• Tönissteiner Kreis, Member
• German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member

Personal life

Lietz lives in Wittenberg.