Oliver Krischer
| Oliver Krischer | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
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Assumed office 2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 26, 1969 Zülpich, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Citizenship | German |
| Nationality |
 Germany |
| Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
| Alma mater | RWTH Aachen |
Oliver Krischer (born 26 July 1969 in Zülpich, Germany) is a German Green politician and member of the German Bundestag.
Education and early career
Krischer grew up in Heimbach (Eifel; Germany). After the A-Levels and civilian service he studied biology at RWTH Aachen. From 1997 to 2002 he worked for Michaele Hustedt, a former member of the German Bundestag. From 2002 to 2009 he worked as scientific assistant for the Green parliamentary group in North-Rhine-Westphalia in the thematic fields of energy, agriculture and land use regulation.
Political career
In 1989, Krischer joined the Green Party. Since 1994 he is member of the Kreistag and became chairman of the parliamentary group in 1997. He became district chairman of his party in 2005 and was elected in the Bezirksvorstand Mittelrhein in 2006. From 2001 to 2006 he served as chairman of the Biological Station in Düren.
Member of the German Bundestag, 2009-present
In the 2009 federal elections, Krischer was elected into the German Bundestag via his nomination on the Green ballot list.
In his first term between 2009 and 2013, Krischer was a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology and an alternate member of the Committee on the Environment, Conservation and Reactor Safety. He also served as his parliamentary group's spokesperson on energy and resource efficiency. In addition, he was the head of the Working Group for Energy and Climate of the Green Party’s parliamentary group.
Following the 2013 elections, Krischer became part of the parliamentary group’s leadership around co-chairs Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Anton Hofreiter, in charge of policies on environment, reactor safety, animal protection, climate, energy, sustainability, urban development, transport, agriculture and tourism. His work within climate and energy policies focuses on efficiency of energy production, combined power and heat generation as well as CCS technology.
Other activities
- AWA Entsorgung GmbH, Member of the Supervisory Board
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board
- German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
- German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board
- Friends of the Eifel National Park, Chairman of the Board
- Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND), Member
- Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Member
- Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (Tierschutzverein) in the administrative district Düren, Member
- Eurosolar, Member of the Board (2011-2013)
Personal life
Krischer currently lives in Düren (Germany) with his wife and their two sons.