Robin Wagener

Robin Till Nils Johannes Wagener (born 16 August 1980) is a German judge and politician[1] of the Alliance 90/The Greens[1][2] who has been a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election, representing the Lippe I district.[3]

Robin Wagener
Wagener in 2018
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Personal details
Born (1980-08-16) 16 August 1980
Bielefeld, West Germany
(now Germany)
Nationality Germany
Political party
Alliance90/TheGreens
Alliance90/TheGreens
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alma materUniversity of Bielefeld
Websiterobin-wagener.de

In addition to his parliamentary mandate, Wagener has been serving as the Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with the Southern Caucasus, the Republic of Moldova and Central Asia at the Federal Foreign Office since 2023.[4]

Political career

In parliament, Wagener has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[5] In this capacity, he is also his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on Russia and Ukraine.[6] 

In addition to his committee assignments, Wagener has been chairing the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe since 2022.[7] He is also the chairman of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[8]

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, Wagener and Verena Schäffer led their party’s delegation in the working group on internal and legal affairs;[9] their counterparts from the CDU were Herbert Reul and Peter Biesenbach.[10]

Other activities

Personal life

Wagener is married and has two children. The family lives in Bad Salzuflen. [12]

References
  1. "Robin Wagener". Alliance 90/The Greens Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. Kienscherf, Sven (10 September 2021). "Robin Wagener (Grüne): Mobilität und Ökologie dürfen keine Gegensätze sein". nw.de (in German). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. "Robin Wagener". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. Statement by Foreign Minister Baerbock on the appointment of Robin Wagener as Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with the Southern Caucasus, the Republic of Moldova and Central Asia Federal Foreign Office, press release of 8 February 2023.
  5. Robin Wagener Bundestag.
  6. Alexej Hock (8 February 2022), Wie die AfD zum Stichwortgeber der russischen Propaganda wurde Die Welt.
  7. German Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Bundestag.
  8. „Der Kampfeswille der Ukrainer ist ungebrochen“ Rheinische Post, 8 March 2022.
  9. Maximilian Plück (31 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die Grünen Rheinische Post.
  10. Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDU Rheinische Post.
  11. Robin Wagener Bundestag.
  12. Kreis Höxter: Robin Wagener ist Bundestagskandidat der Grünen im Kreis Höxter Neue Westfälische, 16 February 2017.
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