Carsten Träger (born 25 October 1973) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.

Political career

Träger first became a member of the Bundestag in the

2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...

. He is a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture and the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. Since 2018, he has been his parliamentary group's spokesperson on environmental policy. In addition to his committee assignments, Träger has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019. Since 2022, he has been one of the founding members of a cross-party group promoting a One Health approach. In the negotiations to form a

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under the leadership of

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Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Träger was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led by Armin Laschet, Georg Nüßlein and Barbara Hendricks. In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the

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(FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Träger was part of his party's delegation in the working group on

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, co-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 ...

, Steffi Lemke and

Stefan Birkner Stefan Birkner (born 12 April 1973 in Münsterlingen) is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party (FDP). Political career Birkner was elected to the State Parliament of Lower Saxony in the 2008 state elections. However, in February 2 ...

. Within the SPD parliamentary group, Träger and Carolin Wagner have been leading the Bundestag group of SPD parliamentarians from Bavaria since 2023.

Other activities

* German Foundation for Consumer Protection (DSV), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022) *

Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund The Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (german: Fonds zur Finanzierung der kerntechnischen Entsorgung) is a German federal fund to manage the financial endowment for long-term nuclear waste storage sites. The fund is organised as a trust and falls into th ...

(KENFO), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022) * German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2019) * International Academy for Nature Conservation (INA), Member of the Advisory BoardAdvisory Board
International Academy for Nature Conservation (INA).

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Bundestag biography
1973 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany People from Fürth {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub