Cem Özdemir
German politician, Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cem Özdemir (German: [ˌdʒɛm ˈʔœzdɛmiːɐ̯], Turkish: [dʒæm ˈœzdemiɾ]; born 21 December 1965) is a German politician of the party Alliance 90/The Greens who has been the Minister of Food and Agriculture since 2021.
Cem Özdemir | |
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Minister of Food and Agriculture | |
Assumed office 8 December 2021 | |
Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
Preceded by | Julia Klöckner |
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens | |
In office 15 November 2008 – 27 January 2018 Serving with Claudia Roth and Simone Peter | |
Preceded by | Reinhard Bütikofer |
Succeeded by | Robert Habeck |
Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg | |
Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Stefan Kaufmann |
Constituency | Stuttgart I |
In office 22 October 2013 – 26 October 2021 | |
Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
In office 10 November 1994 – 17 October 2002 | |
Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
In office 13 June 2004 – 7 June 2009 | |
Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
Personal details | |
Born | (1965-12-21) 21 December 1965 (age 58) Urach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany) |
Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Between 2008 and 2018, Özdemir was one of two main persons of the Green Party, together with Claudia Roth and later Simone Peter. He has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He was a Member of the German Bundestag in 1994–2002 too. He was a member of the European Parliament in 2004–2009 too.[1] He was a one of two main Greens candidates for the 2017 German federal election.[2] Since 2018, he has been the Leader of the Committee on Transport.
On December 16, 2020, he undertook support for Katsyaryna Barysevich, Belarusian political prisoner.[3] On May 31, 2021, he undertook support for Roman Protasevich, Belarusian political prisoner.[4][5]