Cem Özdemir
Cem Özdemir | |
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Özdemir in 2020 | |
| Minister of Food and Agriculture | |
| In office 8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Julia Klöckner |
| Succeeded by | Alois Rainer |
| Minister of Education and Research | |
| In office 7 November 2024 – 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Bettina Stark-Watzinger |
| Succeeded by | Karin Prien (Education) Dorothee Bär (Research) |
| Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens | |
| In office 15 November 2008 – 27 January 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Reinhard Bütikofer |
| Succeeded by | Robert Habeck |
| Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 25 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Stefan Kaufmann |
| Succeeded by | Simone Fischer |
| Constituency | Stuttgart I |
| In office 22 October 2013 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| In office 10 November 1994 – 17 October 2002 | |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| In office 13 June 2004 – 7 June 2009 | |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1965 Urach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Cem Özdemir (German: [ˈdʒɛm ˈœsdemiːɐ̯]; Turkish: [ˈdʒem ˈœzdemiɾ]; born 21 December 1965) is a German politician who served as Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2025. He is a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens party.
Between 2008 and 2018, Özdemir co-chaired the Green Party, together with Claudia Roth and later Simone Peter. He has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2013, previously holding a seat between 1994 and 2002. From 2004 to 2009, he served as a Member of the European Parliament. Alongside Katrin Göring-Eckardt, he stood as one of the top two Green candidates in the 2017 federal election. From 2018 until 2021, he chaired the Bundestag Committee on Transport. In November 2024, following the government crisis, he replaced Free Democratic Party (FDP) politician Bettina Stark-Watzinger as Federal Minister of Education and Research.