Olaf Lies (born 8 May 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was first elected to the Landtag of Lower Saxony in 2008.
Political career
Lies joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002. In the 2008 state elections he became member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. He was leader of his party in Lower Saxony from 2010[1] to 2012.[2]
Minister-President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony appointed Lies to the position of State Minister for Economics, Labour and Transport in 2013 and later to State Minister for Environment, Energy, Building, and Climate Protection in his cabinet.[3]
In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Lies was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led by Armin Laschet, Georg Nüßlein and Barbara Hendricks.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Lies was part of his party's delegation in the working group on agriculture and nutrition, co-chaired by Till Backhaus, Renate Künast and Carina Konrad.[4]
Lies was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[5]
Other activities
Regulatory agencies
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board
Corporate boards
- Deutsche Messe, Member of the Supervisory Board[6]
- Volkswagen Group, Member of the supervisory board (since 2013)[7]
Non-profit organizations
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[8]
- German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[9]
References
- ^ "Neuer Landesvorsitzender der niedersächsischen SPD". 31 May 2010.
- ^ Nordwest-Zeitung (3 June 2017). "Vergabeaffären Um Olaf Lies: Schwere Stunden für einen Senkrechtstarter".
- ^ "Olaf Lies Ein Friese. Stark für Niedersachsen. - Lebenslauf". olaf-lies.de.
- ^ Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP[permanent dead link] Deutschlandfunk, October 27, 2021.
- ^ Drucksache 18/10450: Niedersächsische Mitglieder der 17. Bundesversammlung am 13. Februar 2022 State Parliament of Lower Saxony.
- ^ Supervisory BoardDeutsche Messe.
- ^ Kabinett stimmt Benennung von Stephan Weil und Olaf Lies für den Aufsichtsrat der Volkswagen AG zu State Government of Lower Saxony, press release of 19 February 2013.
- ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Archived 20 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of 1 July 2020.
- ^ Niedersachsens Umweltminister Olaf Lies neu im DBU-Kuratorium German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), press release of 1 March 2018.
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