Robert Habeck
Robert Habeck (born 2 September 1969 in Lübeck) is a German writer and politician (Alliance '90/The Greens).
Political career
Career in state politics
In 2009 Habeck was elected to the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag via the party list.[1] In November 2011, he was voted as the top candidate of his party for the 2012 Schleswig-Holstein election. From 2009 to 2012, Habeck was chairman of the Alliance'90/The Greens group in Schleswig-Holstein. He has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas in the Albig Cabinet since 2012.[2]
Under his leadership, the Green Party became the third largest group in the Landtag after the 2017 state elections.[3]
Role in national politics
Habeck served as a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2012.[4] He ran to become one of the two top candidates for the Greens for the 2017 German federal election, but missed the second place with 75 votes against Cem Özdemir.[5]
References
- ↑ Landtagswahl in Schleswig-Holstein 2009 - Vorläufige Ergebnisse at the Wayback Machine (archived July 19, 2011). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein
- ↑ Homepage des Ministeriums für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume SH
- ↑ CDU siegt im Norden - Schlappe für SPD Tagesschau, May 5, 2017.
- ↑ Ordentliche Mitglieder der 15. Bundesversammlung Bundestag.
- ↑ "Katrin Göring-Eckardt und Cem Özdemir gewinnen die Urwahl- BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN Bundespartei" [The Green Party members have chosen Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Cem Özdemir as frontrunners for the German federal election]. Alliance '90/The Greens (in German). Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 7 May 2017.