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Sven Lehmann (born 14 December 1979) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017.
In addition to his parliamentary work, Lehmann served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and as the Federal Government's Commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity (nicknamed the "Queer Commissioner") in the Scholz cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2025. Kölner im Bundestag: Sven Lehmann wird neuer Staatssekretär im Familienministerium Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 2 December 2021.Tilmann Warnecke (5 Januar 2022), Neu geschaffenes Amt: Bundesregierung beruft Sven Lehmann zum Queer-Beauftragten Der Tagesspiegel.
From 2005 to 2007 Lehmann headed the constituency office of Kerstin Müller, a member of the Bundestag in Cologne. From 2007 he worked for the Rhineland Regional Council, most recently in occupational health management.
Lehmann became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing the Cologne II district. From 2018 until 2021, he was a member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs. He also served as his parliamentary group’s spokesman for queer politics and for social policy. Within his parliamentary group, coordinated the Trade Union and Social Advisory Council.
Lehmann was appointed Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth on 8 December 2021. On 5 January 2022 the Federal Government appointed him as Commissioner for the Acceptance of Sexual and Gender Diversity.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Lehmann was part of his party’s delegation in the working group on equality, women, families, children and youth. GRÜNE benennen Team für Koalitionsverhandlungen Grüne NRW, press release of 31 May 2022.
Referring to Women's Declaration International, Lehmann said "they are not women's rights advocates, they are transphobes."
In a podcast interview on online dating Lehmann remarked how actively Grindr was being used during parliament sessions, and how it relates to his work.
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