Oliver Krischer (born 26 July 1969) is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as State Minister for Environment, Nature Protection, and Transport in the

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of Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia

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since 2022. From 2021 to 2022, Krischer briefly served as

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in the

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in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021. He was a member of the

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from 2009 to 2022.

Education and early career

Krischer was born in

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. He grew up in Heimbach (Eifel; Germany). After the A-Levels and civilian service he studied biology at

RWTH Aachen RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...

. From 1997 to 2002 he worked for Michaele Hustedt, a former member of the German Bundestag. From 2002 to 2009 he worked as scientific assistant for the Green parliamentary group in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

in the thematic fields of energy, agriculture and land use regulation.

Political career

In 1989, Krischer joined the

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. Since 1994 he is member of the Kreistag and became chairman of the parliamentary group in 1997. He became district chairman of his party in 2005 and was elected in the Bezirksvorstand Mittelrhein in 2006. From 2001 to 2006 he served as chairman of the Biological Station in Düren.

Member of the German Bundestag, 2009–2022

In the 2009 federal elections, Krischer was elected into the German Bundestag via his nomination on the Green ballot list. In his first term between 2009 and 2013, Krischer was a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology and an alternate member of the Committee on the Environment, Conservation and Reactor Safety. He also served as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on energy and resource efficiency. In addition, he chaired its working group on energy and climate. From

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until 2021, Krischer served as vice chairman of the Green Party's parliamentary group under the leadership of co-chairs

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and

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; in this role, he was responsible for the topics, energy, environment, climate, reactor safety, animal protection, agriculture and transportation. He was a deputy member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy and the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. Besides this he was the vice-chairman of the parliamentary inquiry into the

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(

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). In the 2021 German federal election, he was elected to a direct mandate in Aachen I. 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, Krischer led his party's delegation in the working group on environmental policy; his co-chairs from the other parties are Matthias Miersch and Lukas Köhler. In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia

following the 2022 state elections, Krischer was part of his party’s delegation.

Other activities

Regulatory agencies

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board

Corporate boards

* NRW.BANK, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022) * AWA Entsorgung GmbH, Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organizations

* Bundesverband Bioenergie (BBE), Member of the Advisory Board * German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board *

Heinrich Böll Foundation The Heinrich Böll Foundation (german: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V., HBS) is a German, legally independent political foundation. Affiliated with the German Green Party, it was founded in 1997 when three predecessors merged. The foundation was n ...

, Member of the Supervisory Board * Friends of the

Eifel National Park The Eifel National Park (german: Nationalpark Eifel) is the 14th national park in Germany and the first in North Rhine-Westphalia. The park was founded in 2004, and is classified as a "national park in development". Eifel National Park is par ...

, Chairman of the Board * Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND), Member * Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Member * Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (''Tierschutzverein'') in the administrative district Düren, Member * German Energy Agency (DENA), Ex-Officio Chairman of the Supervisory Board (2021–2022) *

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 (–2021)Council

. * German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (–2021) *

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, Member of the Board (2011–2013)

Personal life

Krischer currently lives in Düren with his wife and their two sons.

References

External links

Krischer on www.bundestag.de

Krischer‘s Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krischer, Oliver Living people 1969 births People from Düren Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens