Danyal Bayaz (born 15 October 1983) is a German politician of

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

who has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the government of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

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 ...

since May 2021. From 2017 until 2021, he was a member of the

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Early life and career

Bayaz was born in

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

in 1983 to a German mother and a

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-born father. His father worked as a journalist. After graduating from Heidelberg's Bunsen Gymnasium, he studied politics and economics at the

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, where he later earned a doctorate in financial markets. Among other things, he completed a research stay as a Fulbright Fellow at

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in New York. From 2013 to 2017 Bayaz worked as a consultant for the global strategy consultancy

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(BCG), based at the firm's

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

office.

Political career

Early beginnings

Bayaz joined the Green Party in 2005. From 2013 until 2017, he was part of the party's leadership in Baden-Württemberg under co-chairs Thekla Walker and Oliver Hildenbrand.

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2021

Bayaz became a member of the Bundestag in the

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. From 2017 until 2021, he was a member of the Finance Committee and an alternate member of the Budget Committee, where he served as his parliamentary group's

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on the

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s of the

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and the

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. On the Finance Committee, he led his group's work on the

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. In addition to his committee assignments, Bayaz was a member of the German delegation to the

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since 2019. Also from 2019, chaired the Business Advisory Board of the Green Party's parliamentary group. From 2019, he joined forces with

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on bringing together fellow parliamentarians from the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) to explore options for a so-called

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Career in state politics

In the negotiations to form a

under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

following the 2021 state elections, Bayaz was a member of the working group on economic affairs, labor and innovation. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 national elections, Bayaz was part of his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the

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, co-chaired by

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and

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Other activities

Corporate boards

* Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021) *

EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly-traded energy company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany. As its name indicates, EnBW is based in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. History Foundation and development EnB ...

, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021) *

KfW The KfW, which together with its subsidiaries DEG, KfW IPEX-Bank and FuB forms the KfW Bankengruppe ("banking group"), is a German state-owned investment bank, investment and Development finance institution, development bank, based in Frankfurt ...

, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021) *

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) is a universal bank and the Landesbank for some Federal States of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen). As of 2018, it is Germany's biggest state-backed landesbank lender. LBBW is a full-serv ...

(LBBW), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)

Non-profit organizations

* Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2021) *

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, Member

Personal life

Bayaz has been in a relationship with fellow Green Party politician

Katharina Schulze Katharina Elisabeth Schulze (born 20 June 1985) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the State Parliament of Bavaria (''Landtag'') since 2013. Along with Ludwig Hartmann, she was one of the two le ...

since 2019. In 2021, the couple's son was born.Politik in Bayern: Grünen-Fraktionschefin Schulze ist Mutter geworden
''

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'', June 21, 2021.

References

External links

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Bundestag biography
1983 births Living people Politicians from Heidelberg German politicians of Turkish descent Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens {{Alliance 90/The Greens