Franziska Brantner | |
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Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens | |
Assumed office 16 November 2024 Serving with Felix Banaszak | |
Deputy |
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Preceded by | Ricarda Lang |
Parliamentary State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Action | |
Assumed office 8 December 2021 Serving with | |
Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
Minister | Robert Habeck |
Preceded by | |
Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany (now Germany) | 24 August 1979
Citizenship | German |
Political party | German: Alliance '90/The Greens EU: The Greens–European Free Alliance |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Politician |
Franziska Katharina Brantner (born 24 August 1979) is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2013. Since 2024, she has also been serving as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Felix Banaszak.[1]
In addition to her parliamentary mandate, Brantner has been a Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021.[2] In this capacity, her portfolio includes European affairs, trade policy, and digitization. [3] Moreover, she is also the ministry's Special Coordinator for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).[4]
Brantner was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2013.[5]