Alexander Bonde

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Bonde in 2013

Alexander Bonde (born 12 January 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as the secretary-general of the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) since 2018.[1]

Early life and education[]

In 1992 and 1993 Bonde was an exchange student at Kahuku High School (Oahu, Hawaii, USA). One of his classmates was Jack Johnson.

Political career[]

Member of the Bundestag, 2002–2011[]

From 2002 to 2011, Bonde was a member of the Bundestag. There he represented his constituency 283 Emmendingen-Lahr, a rural area in the Black Forest that covers 41 municipalities in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Bonde was first elected in 2002 and was reelected in 2005 and 2009.

Bonde served on the Defense Committee and on the Budget Committee. He was also a member of the Financial Markets Committee that supervises the German banking rescue package.[2] On the Budget Committee, Bonde served as “rapporteur-general” for agriculture (the equivalent to chairing a small subcommittee) as “rapporteur” (equivalent to being a member of a small subcommittee) for defence, economy and labor.

In addition to his committee assignments, Bonde served as vice-chairman of the and of the Aviation & Space Caucus of the German Bundestag.

State Minister for Rural Areas and Consumer Rights, 2011–2016[]

In 2011, Bonde was appointed State Minister for Rural Areas, Agriculture and Consumer Rights in the state government of Baden-Württemberg under Minister-President Winfried Kretschmann. On 12 May 2016 Peter Hauk (CDU) became his successor.

Later career[]

In December 2017, the board of trustees of the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) – at the time chaired by Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter – appointed Bonde as the organization's secretary general.[3]

In the negotiations to form another coalition government under Kretschmann's leadership following the 2021 state elections, Bonde was a member of the working group on climate, environmental policy and energy, co-chaired by Sandra Detzer and Andreas Jung.[4][5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Two green 'trailblazers' win German Environment Prize | DW | 27.10.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ Germany may get individual 'bad banks' for toxic assets New York Times, January 29, 2009.
  3. ^ Alexander Bonde ab 1. Februar neuer DBU-Generalsekretär press release of December 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
  5. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.

External links[]

Media related to Alexander Bonde at Wikimedia Commons


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