Johannes Arlt

Johannes Arlt (born 23 April 1984 in Berlin) is a German soldier and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as a member of the German Bundestag from the 2021 to 2025, representing the constituency of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte II - Landkreis Rostock III.

Early life and education Arlt grew up in Neustrelitz, where he attended the “Geschwister-Scholl” elementary school and then the Carolinum grammar school. He completed his Abitur in 2003 at the Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Music High School in Berlin, where he spent his final years.

Arlt began his career as a conscript and was commissioned as a military officer. From 2004 to 2005, he attended the 92nd Air Force Officer Training Course at the Air Force Officer School in Fürstenfeldbruck. He studied political and social sciences at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich from 2006. Initially, in 2010, he was a platoon leader in the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense, Arlt was appointed a professional soldier in 2012. He most recently served in the general staff service with a major rank. Arlt has more than 1,000 flight hours in this role.

Political career Arlt joined the SPD in 2000. From 2002 to 2004 he was sub-district chairman of the Jusos Nordost and member of the Juso federal executive.

Arlt became a Member of the German Bundestag for Mecklenburg Lake District II - Rostock District III in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the 2021 German federal election. Arlt won the constituency with 31.1 per cent of the first votes and thus entered the 20th German Bundestag. His parliamentary office in the constituency is spread across several coworking spaces. In addition, two buses serve as mobile parliamentary offices. He is a candidate in the district council election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2025 in the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte.

Political positions Ahead of the 2025 national elections, Arlt endorsed Boris Pistorius as the Social Democrats' candidate to succeed Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Memberships Arlt is a member of the Heimatverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Semper talis Bund. He lived in Stockholm for two years and is of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination.