Franz Untersteller (born 4 April 1957 in Ensheim, today a borough of Saarbrücken) is a German politician of the Green party who has been serving as State Minister of the Environment, Climate and the Energy Sector of Baden-Württemberg in the Cabinets Kretschmann I and II since 2011.[1]
Franz Untersteller | |
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 Untersteller in 2015 | |
| Born | April 4, 1957 Ensheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
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| Political party | Green party |
| Spouse | Yes |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | Official website (in German) |
Early life and education
editIn 1977 Untersteller received his Abitur after having attended the commercial high school in Saarbrücken. Afterwards he studied Landscape Planning at the Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science and passed his Degree (Dipl. Ing.) in 1982.
Early career
editFrom 1981 till 1983 Untersteller worked at the Öko-Institut (Institute for Applied Ecology), Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1982 he took part in a project of the Colombia Environment Ministry in the Cauca region, funded by a research fellowship from the Carl Duisberg Society. In 1983 he became consultant on environmental and energy policy for the Green Party's parliamentary group in the Baden-Württemberg state parliament.
Political career
editIn 2006 Untersteller was elected Member of the State Parliament and acted until 2011 as deputy chairman of the Green Party's parliamentary group. In May 2011 he was appointed as State Minister of the Environment, Climate Protection and Energy Sector in Baden-Württemberg.[1] As one of his state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he serves on the Committee on the Environment, Nature Protection and Reactor Safety. From 2014 and 2016, he was one of the members of Germany's temporary National Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste.[2]
As member of the government Untersteller also acts as member of the several supervisory board of supervised enterprises or trading companies like the e-mobil BW GmbH or the State Bank of Baden-Württemberg (L-Bank).[3]
In the negotiations to form another coalition government under Kretschmann's leadership following the 2021 state elections, Untersteller was a member of the working group on climate, environmental policy and energy, co-chaired by Sandra Detzer and Andreas Jung.[4][5]
Other activities
editRegulatory agencies
edit- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board
Corporate boards
edit- L-Bank, Member of the Supervisory Board[6]
Non-profit organizations
edit- Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board
- e-mobil BW GmbH, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board
- Plan International, Member
- German Ski Association (DSV), Member
Personal life
editUntersteller lives in Nürtingen. He is married and has two adult children.[1] He is an active player and member of the board of the table tennis club TTF Neckarhausen e.V.
References
edit- ^ a b c cv – Franz Untersteller MdL, um.baden-wuerttemberg.de
- ^ Abschlussbericht der Kommission Lagerung hoch radioaktiver Abfallstoffe
- ^ "Site of L-Bank". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
- ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
- ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
- ^ Supervisory Board Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine L-Bank.
External links
edit- franz-untersteller.de Archived 2017-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, site of Franz Untersteller
- Heritage site of the Untersteller Family, 10th generation.
- Site of Baden-Württemberg Parliament. Archived 2017-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Site of the Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector. Archived 2017-08-17 at the Wayback Machine