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Sven Giegold, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

© BMWi / Susanne Eriksson

CURRICULUM VITAE

Sven Giegold

Born in Las Palmas/Gran Canaria on 17 November 1969

Career

From December 2021
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

2009 to 2021
Member of the European Parliament, including as a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and spokesperson for ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS in the European Parliament, deputy membership of the Employment Committee, the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

2007 to date
Involvement in the German Protestant Kirchentag congress, as a member of the Presidential Assembly (since 2007) and member of the Presidium (since 2015)

1998
Co-founder and Managing Director of AllerWohnen e.G. ecological housing cooperative

1996 to 1999
Establishment of Verden Ecological Centre providing 50 jobs in ecological enterprises and social initiatives

1991 to 1999
Degree in Economics, Politics and Adult Education in Lüneburg, Bremen and Birmingham (UK)

1986 to date
Involvement in numerous civil society organisations