Stefan Wenzel
Stefan Wenzel (born 5 May 1962 in Nakskov, Denmark) is a German politician for the Alliance '90/The Greens.
Stefan Wenzel | |
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 Wenzel in November 2018 | |
| Born | May 5, 1962 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Spouse(s) | Yes |
| Children | 3 |
Political career
A trained agricultural economist, Wenzel was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in the 1998 state elections, and has been re-elected on two occasions. In 2004 he succeeded Rebecca Harms as chairman of the Green Party's parliamentary group. Wenzel was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2009 and 2017.
On February 19, 2013, Wenzel was sworn in as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection in the state government of Minister-President Stephan Weil. As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he served as chairman of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Protection and Reactor Safety.
In 2014, Wenzel led the negotiations on the future of controversial radioactive waste disposal facility in Gorleben.[1] From 2014 and 2016, he was one of the members of Germany's temporary National Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste.[2]
When the Green Party had to leave the coalition government following 2017 state elections, Wenzel was succeeded by Olaf Lies. He has since been chairing the State Parliament's Finance Committee and the Audit Committee.
Other activities
- Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Member of the Synod
- German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Advisory Board
- Erneuerbare Energien Göttingen GmbH & Co. KG, Member of the Advisory Board (-2013)
Personal life
Wenzel is married an has three daughters. The family lives on an estate of low-energy houses.[3]
References
- Federal government and Lower Saxony agree upon details in terms of keeping Gorleben operable Federal Office for Radiation Protection, press release of July 29, 2014.
- Abschlussbericht der Kommission Lagerung hoch radioaktiver Abfallstoffe
- Speakers: Stefan Wenzel International Conference on Climate Action (ICCA2015), Hannover.