Jutta Steinruck
Lord Mayor of Ludwigshafen
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2018
Deputy	Cornelia Reifenberg
Preceded by	Eva Lohse
Member of the European Parliament
In office 14 July 2009 – 31 December 2017
Constituency	Germany
Personal details
Born	(1962-09-01) 1 September 1962 (age 61) Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Political party	independent

Jutta Steinruck (born 1 September 1962) is a German independent politician. From 1996 to 2023 she was a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.^[1] From 2009 until 2017, she served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Germany. Since 2018 she serves as Lord Mayor of Ludwigshafen.

Political career

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–2017

During her time as Member of the European Parliament, Steinruck served on the following committees:

• Member, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (2009–2017)
• Member, Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (2009–2014)
• Member, Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (2014–2017)

In addition to her committee assignments, Steinruck served as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara^[2] and as chairwoman of the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions.^[3]

Mayor of Ludwigshafen, 2018–present

Steinruck has been serving as Mayor of Ludwigshafen since 2018.

In 2023, Steinruck left the SPD.^[4]

Other activities

• Ludwigshafen Hospital, Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)^[5]
• Technische Werke Ludwigshafen AG (TWL), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (since 2018)
• German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member

Awards

• Royal Jubilee Medal^[6][7]