Felix Banaszak
Banaszak in 2018
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Leader of the Green Youth
In office
2013–2014
Serving with Theresa Kalmer
Preceded byJens Parker
Succeeded byGeorg Kurz
Personal details
Born (1989-10-24) 24 October 1989 (age 34)
Duisburg, Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
Alma materFree University of Berlin

Felix Banaszak (born 24 October 1989) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens[1] who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election.[2][3]

Early career

During his studies, Banaszak worked as legislative assistant to Dirk Behrendt at the State Parliament of Berlin. From 2014 to 2017, he managed the Düsseldorf offices of Members of the European Parliament Terry Reintke and Sven Giegold.[4]

Political career

From 2013 to 2014, Banaszak co-chaired the Green Youth on the national level, alongside Theresa Kalmer.[5]

Since 2018, Banaszak has been serving as co-chair of the Green Party in North Rhine-Westphalia, alongside Mona Neubaur.[6]

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Banaszak led his party's delegation in the working group on education policy; his co-chairs from the other parties were Andreas Stoch and Jens Brandenburg.[7]

Banaszak has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2021, representing the Duisburg II district. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Budget Committee, the Audit Committee and the Committee on Economic Affairs.[8] On the Budget Committee, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the annual budgets of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

In addition to his committee assignments, Banaszak has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2022.[9]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Banaszak and Sven Giegold led their party's delegation in the working group on finances;[10] their counterparts from the CDU were Lutz Lienenkämper and Günter Krings.[11]

Other activities

Political positions

Within the Green Party, Banaszak is considered to be part of its left wing.[16]

In his capacity as co-chair of the Green Youth, Banaszak opposed a 2014 motion to make the group's membership incompatible with a membership for Rote Hilfe e.V., a German far-left prisoner support group.[17]

Controversy

Along with Volker Beck, Terry Reintke and Max Lucks, Banaszak was temporarily detained when Beck wanted to speak publicly at Istanbul Pride in June 2016.[18][19]

Personal life

Since 2014, Banaszak has been living in Duisburg.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Felix Banaszak". Alliance 90/The Greens Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Felix Banaszak". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. ^ "So lief die Wahl in Duisburg und am Niederrhein". WDR (in German). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  4. ^ Bernd Eyermann and Helge Matthiesen (1 February 2020), Interview mit Felix Banaszak: Co-Vorsitzende der NRW-Grünen: „1000 Schulen besonders fördern“ General-Anzeiger.
  5. ^ Grüne Jugend wählt neuen Bundesvorstand Bild.
  6. ^ Landesparteitag: NRW-Grüne bestätigen Doppelspitze Neubaur und Banaszak Rheinische Post, 16 June 2018.
  7. ^ Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (October 22, 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
  8. ^ Felix Banaszak Bundestag.
  9. ^ Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly Bundestag.
  10. ^ Maximilian Plück (31 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die Grünen Rheinische Post.
  11. ^ Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDU Rheinische Post.
  12. ^ Supervisory Board GIZ, press release of March 28, 2014.
  13. ^ Felix Banaszak Bundestag.
  14. ^ Felix Banaszak Bundestag.
  15. ^ Felix Banaszak Bundestag.
  16. ^ Thomas Reisener (17 October 2017), Banaszak gegen Rettich: Machtkampf an der Grünen-Spitze in NRW Rheinische Post.
  17. ^ Astrid Geisler (24 April 2014), Streit bei der Grünen Jugend: Wie links dürfen wir sein? Die Tageszeitung.
  18. ^ Carolin Skiba (28 June 2016), Duisburg: Grünen-Politiker in Türkei festgenommen Rheinische Post.
  19. ^ German lawmaker temporarily detained at Istanbul gay parade Associated Press, 26 June 2016.
  20. ^ Christian Schmitt (15 September 2021), Felix Banaszak will Duisburgs Blick in die Zukunft richten Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.

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