From 1990 until 2013, Jurk served as a member of the
Landtag of the Free State of Saxony. He chaired the SPD parliamentary group from 1999 until 2004. From 2004 until 2009, Jurk was the chairman of the SPD in Saxony. He also served as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Economic Affairs in the government of
Minister-President Georg Milbradt of Saxony from 2004 until 2009. Jurk became a member of the Bundestag in the
2013 German federal election. In parliament, he was a member of the Budget Committee, where he was the SPD parliamentary group's
rapporteur on the
annual budget of the
Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure. In October 2020, Jurk announced that he would not stand in the
2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term. == Other activities ==