Olaf Lies

Olaf Lies (born 8 May 1967 in Wilhelmshaven) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party. He was first elected to the Landtag of Lower Saxony in 2008.

Olaf Lies
Minister for Environment, Energy, Building, and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony
Assumed office
22 November 2017
Preceded byStefan Wenzel
Minister for Economics, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony
In office
19 February 2013 – 22 November 2017
Preceded byJörg Bode
Succeeded byBernd Althusmann
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony
In office
29 May 2010 – 20 January 2012
Preceded byGarrelt Duin
Succeeded byStephan Weil
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony
for Friesland
Assumed office
27 January 2008
Personal details
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany

Political career

Lies joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002. In the 2008 state elections he became member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. He was leader of his party in Lower Saxony from 2010[1] to 2012.[2]

Minister-President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony appointed Lies to the position of State Minister for Economics, Labour and Transport in 2013 and later to State Minister for Environment, Energy, Building, and Climate Protection in his cabinet.[3]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Lies was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led by Armin Laschet, Georg Nüßlein and Barbara Hendricks.

Other activities

Regulatory agencies

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations
  • Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[6]

References
  1. "Neuer Landesvorsitzender der niedersächsischen SPD". 31 May 2010.
  2. Nordwest-Zeitung. "Vergabeaffären Um Olaf Lies: Schwere Stunden für einen Senkrechtstarter".
  3. "Olaf Lies Ein Friese. Stark für Niedersachsen. - Lebenslauf". olaf-lies.de.
  4. Supervisory BoardDeutsche Messe.
  5. Kabinett stimmt Benennung von Stephan Weil und Olaf Lies für den Aufsichtsrat der Volkswagen AG zu State Government of Lower Saxony, press release of February 19, 2013.
  6. Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.


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