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Alexander Bonde (born 12 January 1975 in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population o ...

) is a German

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

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who has been serving as the secretary-general of the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) since 2018.

Early life and education

In 1992 and 1993 Bonde was an exchange student at

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High School (Oahu, Hawaii, USA). One of his classmates was Jack Johnson.

Political career

Member of the Bundestag, 2002–2011

From 2002 to 2011, Bonde was a member of the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

. There he represented his

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''283

Emmendingen Emmendingen (; Low Alemannic: ''Emmedinge'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Emmendingen of Germany. It is located at the Elz River, north of Freiburg im Breisgau. The town contains more than 26,000 residents, which ...

Lahr Lahr (officially Lahr/Schwarzwald since 30 September 1978) (); gsw, label=Low Alemannic, Lohr) is a town in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany, approximately 50 km north of Freiburg im Breisgau, 40 km southeast of Strasbourg, and 95&nbs ...

'', a rural area in the

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that covers 41 municipalities in the state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. Bonde was first elected in 2002 and was reelected in 2005 and 2009. Bonde served on the Defense Committee and on the Budget Committee. He was also a member of the Financial Markets Committee that supervises the German banking rescue package. On the Budget Committee, Bonde served as “rapporteur-general” for agriculture (the equivalent to chairing a small subcommittee) as “rapporteur” (equivalent to being a member of a small subcommittee) for defence, economy and labor. In addition to his committee assignments, Bonde served as vice-chairman of the German-American Parliamentary Group and of the Aviation & Space Caucus of the German Bundestag.

State Minister for Rural Areas and Consumer Rights, 2011–2016

In 2011, Bonde was appointed State Minister for Rural Areas, Agriculture and Consumer Rights in the state government of

under

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Winfried Kretschmann Winfried Kretschmann (born 17 May 1948) is a German politician serving as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg since 2011. A member of the Alliance '90/Greens, he was President of the Bundesrat and ''ex officio'' deputy to the President of G ...

. In the negotiations to form a

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with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) under the leadership of Kretschmann following the 2016 state elections, Bonde led his party’s delegation in the working group on rural affairs and consumer protection. On 12 May 2016

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(CDU) became his successor.

Later career

In December 2017, the board of trustees of the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) – at the time chaired by

Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter (born 13 October 1962) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who serves as a member of the German (the German federal parliament) and was Parliamentary State Secretary in Chancellor Angela Merkel ...

– appointed Bonde as the organization's secretary general. In the negotiations to form another

under Kretschmann's leadership following the 2021 state elections, Bonde was a member of the working group on climate, environmental policy and energy, co-chaired by

Sandra Detzer Sandra Detzer (born 21 April 1980) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as Member of the Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing the Ludwigsburg district. Early life and education Detzer was born in ...

and

Andreas Jung Andreas Jung (born 13 May 1975) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2005. Since 2022, Jung has been one of five d ...

Other activities

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, Member of the Advisory Board on Sustainability (since 2020)Mit Vordenkern in eine nachhaltige Zukunft: Vodafone Deutschland gründet Nachhaltigkeitsbeirat

, press release of 5 June 2020.

References

External links

Official website

1975 births Living people Politicians from Freiburg im Breisgau University of Freiburg alumni Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens {{Germany-Greens-politician-stub