Franz Untersteller (born 4 April 1957 in Ensheim, today a
borough
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of
Saarbrücken) is a
German politician of the
Green party
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who has been serving as State Minister of the Environment, Climate and the Energy Sector of
Baden-Württemberg
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in the Cabinets
Kretschmann I and
II since 2011.
[cv – Franz Untersteller MdL]
um.baden-wuerttemberg.de
Early life and education
In 1977 Untersteller received his
Abitur after having attended the commercial high school in Saarbrücken. Afterwards he studied Landscape Planning at the
Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science
The Nürtingen-Geislingen University (German: ''Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen'') is a public university of applied sciences based in Nürtingen and Geislingen an der Steige, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
History
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and passed his Degree (Dipl. Ing.) in 1982.
Early career
From 1981 till 1983 Untersteller worked at the
Öko-Institut
The Öko-Institut (Institute for Applied Ecology) (sometimes spelled Oeko-Institut) is a non-profit, private-sector environmental research institute with its head office in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Germany,, officially the Fed ...
(Institute for Applied Ecology),
Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1982 he took part in a project of the
Colombia Environment Ministry in the
Cauca region, funded by a research fellowship from the
Carl Duisberg Society. In 1983 he became consultant on environmental and energy policy for the Green Party's parliamentary group in the Baden-Württemberg
state parliament.
Political career
In
2006 Untersteller was elected Member of the State Parliament and acted until 2011 as deputy chairman of the Green Party's parliamentary group. In May 2011 he was appointed as State Minister of the Environment, Climate Protection and Energy Sector in Baden-Württemberg.
As one of his state's representatives at the
Bundesrat, he serves on the Committee on the Environment, Nature Protection and Reactor Safety. From 2014 and 2016, he was one of the members of Germany's temporary National Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste.
As member of the government Untersteller also acts as member of the several supervisory board of supervised enterprises or trading companies like the e-mobil BW GmbH or the State Bank of Baden-Württemberg (L-Bank).
In the negotiations to form another
coalition government under Kretschmann's leadership following the
2021 state elections, Untersteller was a member of the working group on climate, environmental policy and energy, co-chaired by
Sandra Detzer 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
Regulatory agencies
*
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board
Corporate boards
* L-Bank, Member of the Supervisory Board
Supervisory Board
L-Bank.
Non-profit organizations
* Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board
* e-mobil BW GmbH, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board
* Plan International
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, Member
* German Ski Association
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(DSV), Member
Personal life
Untersteller lives in Nürtingen
Nürtingen () is a town on the river Neckar in the district of Esslingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
History
The following events occurred, by year:
*1046: First mention of ''Niuritingin'' in the document of Speyer ...
. He is married and has two adult children.
References
External links
franz-untersteller.de
, site of Franz Untersteller
Heritage site of the Untersteller Family, 10th generation.
Site of the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector.
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Living people
1956 births
Alliance 90/The Greens politicians
Members of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg
People from Nürtingen
21st-century German politicians
Baden-Württemberg