Cem Özdemir
Cem Özdemir | |
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Özdemir in 2020 | |
| Minister of Food and Agriculture | |
| In office 8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Julia Klöckner |
| Succeeded by | Alois Rainer |
| Minister of Education and Research | |
| In office 7 November 2024 – 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Bettina Stark-Watzinger |
| Succeeded by | Karin Prien (Education) Dorothee Bär (Research) |
| Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens | |
| In office 15 November 2008 – 27 January 2018 Serving with Claudia Roth and Simone Peter | |
| Preceded by | Reinhard Bütikofer |
| Succeeded by | Robert Habeck |
| Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 25 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Stefan Kaufmann |
| Succeeded by | Simone Fischer |
| Constituency | Stuttgart I |
| In office 22 October 2013 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| In office 10 November 1994 – 17 October 2002 | |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| In office 13 June 2004 – 7 June 2009 | |
| Constituency | Alliance 90/The Greens List |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1965 Urach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Party | The Greens (since 1981) |
| Spouses | Pia María Castro
(m. 2003; div. 2023) Flavia Zaka (m. 2026) |
| Children | 2 |
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Cem Özdemir (German: [ˈdʒɛm ˈœsdemiːɐ̯]; Turkish: [ˈdʒem ˈœzdemiɾ]; born 21 December 1965) is a German politician who served as Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture in the cabinet of Olaf Scholz from December 2021 to May 2025. From November 2024 to May 2025 he additionally served as Federal Minister of Education and Research, making him the first federal minister in Germany with Turkish ancestry. Since his party's victory in the 2026 Baden-Württemberg state election, he has been considered the designated minister-president of this state.
Between 2008 and 2018, Özdemir co-chaired The Greens together with Claudia Roth and later Simone Peter. He has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2013, having previously served from 1994 to 2002, when he became one of the first two Bundestag members of Turkish descent. From 2004 to 2009 he served as a Member of the European Parliament. In the 2017 federal election Özdemir and Katrin Göring-Eckardt ran jointly as The Greens’ lead candidates.