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 | |
|---|---|
 Özdemir in 2020 | |
| 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 | 21 December 1965
(aged 60) 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]
Awards
- 2018 – Ramer Award for Courage in the Defense of Democracy[6]
- 2011 – Foreign Policy List of Top Global Thinkers[7]
- 2009 – Honorary doctorate of the Tunceli University
- 1996 – Theodor Heuss Medal
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
Cem Özdemir LDK Hamm 2009-11
Anti-nuclear protest near nuclear waste disposal centre at Gorleben in northern Germany on 8 November 2008
Özdemir in Turkey during the Şırnak clashes, 15 September 2015
References
- ↑ Biography (13 October 2011)Oezdemir.de. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ Grüne Urwahl: Die Mitglieder entscheiden (in de). Alliance 90/The Greens. Berlin, Germany. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Cem Özdemir is committed to the release of Raman Pratasevich (in en) (2021-05-31)Libereco – Partnership for Human Rights. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
- ↑ Демидова, Ольга. Один из лидеров "зеленых" Германии взял шефство над Романом Протасевичем (in ru) (2021-05-31)Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ↑ Elisabeth Binder (12 October 2018), American Jewish Committee in Berlin: Kritische Fragen zum Geburtstag Der Tagesspiegel.
- ↑ The FP Top 100 Global ThinkersForeign Policy. Retrieved 4 December 2011.