Cem Özdemir
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 |
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.
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.