Thomas Losse-Müller (born 3 April 1973) is a German politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and former Leader of his Party in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
Career Between 1992 and 1999, Losse-Müller studied economics at the University of Cologne. He went on to study Development Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
From 2000 to 2004, Losse-Müller was an assistant vice president at Deutsche Bank in London. In 2004, he began working as a financial economist for the World Bank, until he began working as a program director for the German Society for technical cooperation in 2008. In 2010, Losse-Müller went back to work at the World Bank as a senior financial sector expert.
Before joining the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 2020, Losse-Müller was a member of Alliance 90/The Greens. He was a board member of the Hesse Alliance 90/The Greens between 2009 and 2012 and spokesperson to the Committee on Economy and Finance for the Hesse Alliance 90/The Greens between 2011 and 2012.
In 2012, Losse-Müller became State Secretary to the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Finance upon being invited to Schleswig-Holstein by Monika Heinold. He went on to serve as Head of the State Chancellery of Schleswig-Holstein between 2014 and 2017.
Between 2017 and 2021 Losse-Müller worked at EY Parthenon, a Consulting firm based in Hamburg.
In Fall of 2020, Losse-Müller became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He was nominated lead candidate for the 2022 state election in Schleswig-Holstein in August 2021.
Losse-Müller was elected his Party's Leader in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein on 18 May 2022 and thus became Leader of the Opposition.
On 6 December 2023, Losse-Müller announced his resignation as Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein. He was succeeded by Serpil Midyatli, who is also his Predecessor.
Personal life Losse-Müller was born as son to two teachers in Schwerte, North Rhine-Westphalia. He is married and has two daughters.
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