Robert Habeck is a member of the German Bundestag. From 2021 to 2025, he was Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. From 2018 to 2022, he served as Federal Chairman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. Prior to that, Habeck served as Minister and Deputy Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein for six years, most recently heading the Ministry of Energy, the Environment, Agriculture and Digitalisation.
Habeck studied German Studies, Philosophy, and Philology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Human Sciences at Roskilde from 1991 to 1996. In 2000, he obtained his doctorate of Philosophy in Literary Studies and Philosophy from the University of Hamburg. He then worked as a freelance writer until 2009. In 2002, he became a member of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen.
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