Danyal Bayaz

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Danyal Bayaz
2018 Danyal Bayaz Foto Schloss Florian Freundt.jpg
Danyal Bayaz in 2018
Minister of Finance of Baden-Württemberg
Assumed office
12 May 2021
Prime MinisterWinfried Kretschmann
Preceded byEdith Sitzmann
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2017–2021
Personal details
Born (1983-10-15) 15 October 1983 (age 37)
Heidelberg, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyGreens
Alma mater
  • University of Hohenheim
  • Cornell University

Danyal Bayaz (born 15 October 1983) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the government of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann since May 2021.[1] From 2017 until 2021, he was a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg.[2]

Early life and career[]

Bayaz was born in Heidelberg in 1983 to a German mother and a Turkish-born father.[3] His father worked as a journalist.[4] After graduating from Heidelberg's Bunsen Gymnasium, he studied politics and economics at the University of Hohenheim, where he later earned a doctorate in financial markets. Among other things, he completed a research stay as a Fulbright Fellow at Cornell University in New York.

From 2013 to 2017 Bayaz worked as a consultant for the global strategy consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG), based at the firm's Stuttgart office.

Political career[]

Early beginnings[]

Bayaz joined the Green Party in 2005. From 2013 until 2017, he was part of the party's leadership in Baden-Württemberg under co-chairs Thekla Walker and Oliver Hildenbrand.

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2021[]

Bayaz became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. From 2017 until 2021, he was a member of the Finance Committee[5] and an alternate member of the Budget Committee, where he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the annual budgets of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and the Federal Constitutional Court.[6] On the Finance Committee, he led his group's work on the Wirecard scandal.[7]

In addition to his committee assignments, Bayaz was a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019. Also from 2019, chaired the Business Advisory Board of the Green Party's parliamentary group.[8] From 2019, he joined forces with Lukas Köhler on bringing together fellow parliamentarians from the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) to explore options for a so-called Jamaica coalition government.[9][10]

Career in state politics[]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann following the 2021 state elections, Bayaz was a member of the working group on economic affairs, labor and innovation.[11][12]

Personal life[]

Bayaz has been in a relationship with fellow Green Party politician Katharina Schulze since 2019.[13] In 2021, the couple's son was born.[14]

Other activities[]

References[]

  1. ^ Regierungsbildung in Baden-Württemberg: Grünen-Bundestagsabgeordneter Danyal Bayaz wird Finanzminister Stuttgarter Zeitung, May 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  3. ^ Sgries, Sören S. (2018), Warum Danyal Bayaz bei Türkei-Wahl gegen Erdogan stimmt, Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, retrieved 1 April 2021, Meine Mutter ist Deutsche, mein Vater Türke, daher habe ich seit Geburt beide Pässe.
  4. ^ Felix Bohr and Gerald Traufetter (June 24, 2021), Shootingstar Danyal Bayaz: Der Superrealo und die Zukunft der Grünen Der Spiegel.
  5. ^ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  6. ^ Beschlussempfehlung des Haushaltsausschusses (8. Ausschuss) zu dem Entwurf eines Gesetzes über die Feststellung des Bundeshaushaltsplans für das Haushaltsjahr 2019 (Haushaltsgesetz 2019) – Drucksache 19/3400 – 28. September 2018 Bundestag.
  7. ^ Guy Chazan (March 26, 2021), BaFin chief admits watchdog made errors ahead of Wirecard collapse Financial Times.
  8. ^ Cordula Tutt (November 15, 2019), Parteitag: Wer kann bei den Grünen Wirtschaft? Wirtschaftswoche.
  9. ^ Daniel Godeck (September 3, 2020), Zusammenarbeit von FDP und Grünen: Grün-gelbe Anbandelungsversuche Die Tageszeitung.
  10. ^ Felix Bohr and Gerald Traufetter (June 24, 2021), Shootingstar Danyal Bayaz: Der Superrealo und die Zukunft der Grünen Der Spiegel.
  11. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
  12. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
  13. ^ Kimberly Hagen (July 26, 2019), Katharina Schulze zeigt sich erstmals mit ihrem Freund! Abendzeitung.
  14. ^ Politik in Bayern: Grünen-Fraktionschefin Schulze ist Mutter geworden Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 21, 2021.

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