Lorenz Gösta Beutin | |
|---|---|
Gösta Beutin in 2025 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2017–2021 | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1978-07-18)18 July 1978 (age 47) |
| Political party | The Left |
Lorenz Gösta Beutin (born 18 July 1978) is a German politician who representsThe Left. He has served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofSchleswig-Holstein since 2025, before that from 2017 to 2021.[1] Since May 2025 he is head of the parliaments committee on environment, protection of climate and nature and nuclear safety.[2]
Beutin was born inHamburg. In 1998 and 1999 he did his civilian service at the Protestant Academy Bad Segeberg. Since the 1999–2000 winter semester Beutin studied history, politics and German language and literature at the University of Hamburg. He completed it in 2008 with a master's thesis. As a historian he works on the history of National Socialism and anti-Semitism. He became a member of the Bundestag after the2017 German federal election.[3] He was a member of the Committee for Economics and Energy.[4] He was spokesman for his parliamentary group on energy and climate policy.[5]
He returned to the Bundestag in the2025 German federal election.[6] Since May 2025 he is head of the parliament's committee on environment, protection of climate and nature and nuclear safety.[7]