Tobias Goldschmidt (born 16 September 1981 in Haselünne) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as State Minister of Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Energy and Nature in the government of Schleswig-Holstein since 2022.[1][2]

Tobias Goldschmidt
Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature
Assumed office
29 June 2022
Appointed byDaniel Günther
State Secretary to the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Energy, Agriculture, the Environment, Nature and Digitalization
In office
28 June 2017 – 29 June 2022
Serving with Dorit Kuhnt
Appointed byMonika Heinold
Personal details
Born16 September 1981
Haselünne, Germany
Nationality Germany
Political party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens

Live

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Goldschmidt studied political science at the Free University of Berlin and at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He worked as a communications consultant in the public affairs branch in Berlin.

Goldschmidt has three children and lives in Schönkirchen, district of Plön.[3]

Career

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Goldschmidt was initially appointed State Secretary to the Schleswig-Holstein Ministry of Energy, Agriculture, the Environment and Digitalization under Minister Jan Phillipp Albrecht but later served under acting Minister Monika Heinold.[4]

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) on the national level following the 2021 federal elections, Goldschmidt was part of his party's delegation in the working group on climate protection and energy policy, co-chaired by Matthias Miersch, Oliver Krischer and Lukas Köhler.[5]

On 29 June 2022, Goldschmidt joined the Second Günther Cabinet as Schleswig-Holstein's State Minister of Energy Transition, Climate Protection, Environment and Nature.[2] As one of his state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he serves on the Committee on the Environment, Nature Protection and Reactor Safety and the Committee on Economic Affairs.

Other activities

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Personal life

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Goldschmidt is married and has three children.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Staatsekretäre". schleswig-holstein.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  2. ^ a b "Ministerien & Behörden". schleswig-holstein.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  3. ^ "Tobias Goldschmidt". bwe-seminare.de (in German). 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  4. ^ "Umweltminister verabschiedet". schleswig-holstein.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  5. ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  6. ^ Members of the Advisory Board Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA).