A Brief Profile
BIO – MEP Andreas Schieder
Andreas Schieder is a member of the European Parliament and the Head of the Austrian SPÖ-EU-
Delegation. Before that, he served as parliamentary leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Austrian Parliament. He was also state secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 2008 to 2013 and holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Vienna.
In the European Parliament, Andreas Schieder is Chair of the Delegation to the EU-North Macedonia Joint
Parliamentary Committee, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation , the Delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly, the Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo and Substitute Member in the Transport Committee and the Delegation for relations with the United States.
- Since 2019 Member of European Parliament and Head of SPÖ Delegation
- From 2013-2019 Member of Austrian Parliament and SPÖ Group Leader
- From 2006-2008 and 2017-2019 Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Austrian Parliament
- 2008-2013 State Secretary in the Austrian Federal Chancellery and Ministry of Finance 1997-2006 City Councillor Vienna