Harald Ebner | |
|---|---|
Harald Ebner in 2014 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1964-07-08)8 July 1964 (age 61) |
| Political party | Greens |
Harald Ebner (born 8 July 1964) is a German politician ofAlliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBaden-Württemberg since 2011.[1]
Growing up on a farm, Ebner was drawn back to agriculture after his school-leaving examination and thus to Hohenlohe, where he did his community service in the Demeter farm of a social therapy institution.
Ebner studied at theUniversity of Hohenheim, graduating with a degree in agricultural engineering, and works as a landscape ecologist in the state nature conservation administration of Baden-Württemberg.
Ebner has been a member of the German Bundestag since 25 May 2011. He was his parliamentary group’s coordinator in the Committee on Food and Agriculture and an alternate member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.[2][3] He was also the group’s spokesperson on genetic engineering, bio-economic policy and forest policy.[4]
In addition to his committee assignments, Ebner is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with theCono Sur States. Since 2019, he has been a member of the German delegation to theFranco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
In the negotiations to form acoalition government under the leadership ofMinister-President of Baden-WürttembergWinfried Kretschmann following the2021 state elections, Ebner was a member of the working group on agriculture, consumer protection, animal welfare and tourism.[5][6]
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalition of theSocial Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and theFree Democratic Party (FDP) on the national level following the2021 federal elections, Ebner was part of his party's delegation in the working group on agriculture and nutrition, co-chaired byTill Backhaus,Renate Künast andCarina Konrad.[7]
Since the 2021 elections, Ebner has been chairing the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.[8]
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