Lukas Köhler (born 22 August 1986) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the

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from the state of

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since 2017.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Köhler passed his Abitur examination in Monheim am Rhein in 2005 and, after completing his mandatory

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, studied philosophy in Munich with a Baccalaureate degree and in London with a master's degree. From 2011 to 2015 he completed his dissertation at the

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. He then took over the management of the Center for Environmental Ethics and Environmental Education there.

Political career

Köhler joined the Young Liberals and the FDP in 2011. From 2014 to 2017, he served as state chairman of the Young Liberals of Bavaria. Since the

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, Köhler has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag. He is a member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, where he serves as his parliamentary group’s spokesman for climate policy. He is also member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development and a deputy member of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. From 2019, Köhler joined forces with Danyal Bayaz on bringing together fellow parliamentarians from the FDP and the

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to explore options for a so-called

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. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Köhler led his party's delegation in the working group on environmental policy; his co-chairs from the other parties were

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and

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. Since 2021, Köhler has been serving as one of six deputy chairpersons of the FDP parliamentary group under the leadership of its chairman

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Other activities

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Advisory Board (since 2022) * Energy and Climate Policy and Innovation Council (EPICO), Member of the Advisory Board (since 2021) *

Agora Energiewende Agora Energiewende is a think tank supporting the ''Energiewende'' in Germany. It is funded by and the European Climate Foundation. Its members debate under the Chatham House Rule and include Klaus Töpfer, Ottmar Edenhofer, and Claude Turmes. ...

, Member of the Council * German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board *

, Member of the Board of Trustees *

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, Member of the Advisory Board of the Goalkeepers Initiative (2019–2022)The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Appoints Goalkeepers Advisory Board to Accelerate Progress on the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
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, press release of 22 May 2019.

References

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Bundestag biography
1986 births Living people Politicians from Munich Members of the Bundestag for Bavaria Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (Germany) {{Germany-FDP-politician-stub