Bodo Ramelow has been Vice-President of the German Bundestag since March 2025. In this role, he is committed to media diversity, the fight against hate and incitement, platform regulation and the ethical use of artificial intelligence. Previously, he was Minister-President of Thuringia from 2014 to 2024 and led Germany's first red-red-green state government. Born in Osterholz-Scharmbeck in 1956, the retail merchant and former trade unionist was previously a member of the PDS and later the Left Party parliamentary group in the Bundestag.