Carsten Träger

Carsten Träger (born 25 October 1973) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.[1]

Carsten Träger
Carsten Träger in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1973-10-25) 25 October 1973
Fürth, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD

Political career

Träger first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture and the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.[3][4] Since 2018, he has been his parliamentary group's spokesperson on environmental policy.

In addition to his committee assignments, Träger has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Träger was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led by Armin Laschet, Georg Nüßlein and Barbara Hendricks.

Other activities
  • German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)[5]
  • International Academy for Nature Conservation (INA), Member of the Advisory Board[6]

References
  1. "Carsten Träger | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  2. "Carsten Träger, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  3. "German Bundestag - Food and Agriculture". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. "German Bundestag - Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  5. Board of Trustees German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU).
  6. Advisory Board International Academy for Nature Conservation (INA).
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