Oliver Krischer
Oliver Krischer (born 26 July 1969 in Zülpich, Germany) is a German Green politician and member of the German Bundestag.
Family
Krischer currently lives in Düren (Germany) with his wife and their two sons.
Formation and work
Krischer grew up in Heimbach (Eifel; Germany). After the A-Levels and civilian service he studied biology at RWTH Aachen. From 1997 to 2002 he worked for Michaele Hustedt, a former member of the German Bundestag. From 2002 to 2009 he worked as scientific assistant for the Green parliamentary group in North-Rhine-Westphalia in the thematic fields of energy, agriculture and land use regulation.
Party
In 1989, Krischer joined the Green Party. Since 1994 he is member of the Kreistag and became chairman of the parliamentary group in 1997. He became district chairman of his party in 2005 and was elected in the Bezirksvorstand Mittelrhein in 2006. In the national elections 2009, he made it into the German Bundestag via his nomination on the Green ballot list.
Since November 2009 he is speaker for the parliamentary group in the fields of energy and resource efficiency. Besides, he is member of the Committee for Environment, Conservation and Reactor Safety and deputy member of the Committee for Ecology and Technology. In addition, he is head of the Working Group for Energy and Climate of the Green parliamentary group. His work within climate and energy politics focuses on efficiency of energy production, combined power and heat generation as well as CCS Technology (Carbon capture and storage).
Honorary office
Oliver Krischer is member of the BUND, NABU and the "society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (Tierschutzverein)" in the administrative district Düren. From 2001 to 2006 he has been chairman of the Biological Station in Düren. Also, he was member of the board of the development association national park "Eifel".