Robert Habeck

Robert Habeck

Habeck in 2021
Vice Chancellor of Germany
In office
8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byOlaf Scholz
Succeeded byLars Klingbeil
Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
In office
8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025
ChancellorOlaf Scholz
Preceded byPeter Altmaier
Succeeded byKatherina Reiche
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
In office
27 January 2018 – 29 January 2022
Serving with Annalena Baerbock
Deputy
  • Gesine Agena
  • Ricarda Lang
  • Jamila Schäfer
Preceded byCem Özdemir
Succeeded byOmid Nouripour
Deputy Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
12 June 2012 – 6 February 2018
Minister-PresidentTorsten Albig
Daniel Günther
Preceded byHeiner Garg
Succeeded byMonika Heinold
Minister for Energy Transition, Agriculture, the Environment, Nature and Digitization of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
12 June 2012 – 31 August 2018
Minister-PresidentTorsten Albig
Daniel Günther
Preceded byJuliane Rumpf
Succeeded byJan Philipp Albrecht
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
27 October 2009 – 12 June 2012
Preceded byKarl-Martin Hentschel
Succeeded byEka von Kalben
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of the Bundestag
for Flensburg – Schleswig
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Preceded byPetra Nicolaisen
Member of the Bundesrat
for Schleswig-Holstein
In office
12 June 2012 – 6 February 2018
Preceded byHeiner Garg
Succeeded byMonika Heinold
Member of the
Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
In office
27 October 2009 – 12 June 2012
Preceded bymulti-member district
Succeeded byDetlef Matthiessen
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
Personal details
Born (1969-09-02) 2 September 1969
Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
Spouse(s)
Andrea Paluch
(m. 1996)
Children4
ParentsHermann Habeck, Hildegard (Granzow) Habeck
ResidenceFlensburg
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
Roskilde University
University of Hamburg (MA, Dr. phil.)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • writer
Websitewww.robert-habeck.de

Robert Habeck (born 2 September 1969 in Lübeck) is a German writer and politician. Habeck was the Vice-Chancellor of Germany and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action from December 2021 until May 2025. He is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens and was their co-leader from 2018 until 2022.

Habeck was the Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Energy, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas in the Albig Cabinet and in the Cabinet Günther.[1]

Under his leadership, the Green Party became the third largest group in the Landtag after the 2017 state elections.[2]

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