Cem Özdemir

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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Özdemir in 2020
Minister of Food and Agriculture
Assumed office
8 December 2021
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byJulia Klöckner
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
In office
15 November 2008 – 27 January 2018
Serving with Claudia Roth and Simone Peter
Preceded byReinhard Bütikofer
Succeeded byRobert Habeck
Member of the Bundestag
for Baden-Württemberg
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Preceded byStefan Kaufmann
ConstituencyStuttgart I
In office
22 October 2013 – 26 October 2021
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
In office
10 November 1994 – 17 October 2002
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
In office
13 June 2004 – 7 June 2009
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
Personal details
Born21 December 1965 (aged 60)
Urach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyAlliance 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]

Awards

Books

  • Currywurst und Döner – Integration in Deutschland ISBN 3785709463
  • Ich bin Inländer (autobiography) ISBN 3423361506
  • Die Türkei: Politik, Religion, Kultur ISBN 3407753438

Cem Özdemir Media

References

  1. Biography (13 October 2011)Oezdemir.de. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  2. Grüne Urwahl: Die Mitglieder entscheiden (in de). Alliance 90/The Greens. Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. 100 Paten für politische Gefangene in Belarus: Cem Özdemir wird Pate der Journalistin Katsiaryna Barysevich (in de) (2020-12-16)Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  4. Cem Özdemir is committed to the release of Raman Pratasevich (in en) (2021-05-31)Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. Демидова, Ольга. Один из лидеров "зеленых" Германии взял шефство над Романом Протасевичем (in ru) (2021-05-31)Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  6. Elisabeth Binder (12 October 2018), American Jewish Committee in Berlin: Kritische Fragen zum Geburtstag Der Tagesspiegel.
  7. The FP Top 100 Global ThinkersForeign Policy. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

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