Robert Habeck

Robert Habeck

Habeck in 2021
Vice Chancellor of Germany
In office
8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byOlaf Scholz
Succeeded byLars Klingbeil
Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
In office
8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byPeter Altmaier
Succeeded byKatherina Reiche
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
In office
27 January 2018 – 29 January 2022
Serving with Annalena Baerbock
Deputy
Preceded byCem Özdemir
Succeeded byOmid Nouripour
Deputy Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
12 June 2012 – 6 February 2018
Minister-PresidentTorsten Albig
Daniel Günther
Preceded byHeiner Garg
Succeeded byMonika Heinold
Minister for Energy Transition, Agriculture, the Environment, Nature and Digitization of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
12 June 2012 – 31 August 2018
Minister-PresidentTorsten Albig
Daniel Günther
Preceded byJuliane Rumpf
Succeeded byJan Philipp Albrecht
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
27 October 2009 – 12 June 2012
Preceded byKarl-Martin Hentschel
Succeeded byEka von Kalben
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Flensburg – Schleswig
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Preceded byPetra Nicolaisen
Member of the Bundesrat
for Schleswig-Holstein
In office
12 June 2012 – 6 February 2018
Preceded byHeiner Garg
Succeeded byMonika Heinold
Member of the
Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
27 October 2009 – 12 June 2012
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byDetlef Matthiessen
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
Personal details
Born (1969-09-02) 2 September 1969 (age 57)
Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
Spouse(s)
Andrea Paluch
​
(m. 1996)​
Children4
ParentsHermann Habeck, Hildegard (Granzow) Habeck
ResidenceFlensburg
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
Roskilde University
University of Hamburg (MA, Dr. phil.)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • writer
Websitewww.robert-habeck.de Edit this at Wikidata

Robert Habeck (born 2 September 1969 in Lübeck) is a German writer and politician. Habeck was the Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action from December 2021 until May 2025. He is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens and was their co-leader from 2018 until 2022.

Habeck was the Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Energy, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas in the Albig Cabinet and in the Cabinet Günther.

Under his leadership, the Green Party became the third largest group in the Landtag after the 2017 state elections.

References

  1. ↑ "Homepage des Ministeriums für Energiewende, Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und ländliche Räume SH". Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  2. ↑ CDU siegt im Norden - Schlappe für SPD Tagesschau, 5 May 2017.