Burkhard Blienert (born 30 March 1966) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Commissioner on Narcotic Drugs at the Federal Ministry of Health in the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2022.

[1] He passed his first state exam for lower secondary school in the subjects social sciences and history.

Prior to his time as a member of the Bundestag, Burkhard Blienert worked since 1992 in various functions in the SPD or their affiliated organizations.

Between 2010 and September 2013, Blienert was a speaker for school and training, sports and petitions at the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.

On 12 January 2022, at the suggestion of Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD), he was appointed Commissioner for Addiction and Drug Issues of the Federal Government.