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Sven Giegold
Sven Giegold (born 17 November 1969) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as the party's deputy chair since 2024, under co-chairs Franziska Brantner and Felix Banaszak.
From 2021 to 2024, Giegold served as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2021.
Giegold is a founding member of Attac Germany. He became a member of the Greens only in 2008, and was elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 elections.
Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Giegold grew up in Hanover, Lower Saxony. He enrolled at the University of Lüneburg in 1991 majoring in political science and economics, and later attended the University of Bremen. He earned his Master's degree from the University of Birmingham in 1996. He returned to the University of Bremen to pursue his Ph.D. under supervision of Jörg Huffschmid, but later abandoned his studies in favor of his political career.
Giegold was one of the 200 founding members of Attac's German branch in 2000 and was one of their most notable activists until 2008.
Giegold was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2010.
Giegold was elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 elections. Throughout his tenure, he served on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In this capacity, he was responsible for draft legislation to set up the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in 2010. In 2013, in their capacity as the parliament’s lead negotiators, Giegold and fellow MEP Marianne Thyssen reached an inter-institutional compromise agreement with the member states on the SSM Regulation. From 2014, he was the Greens–European Free Alliance group co-ordinator for the committee.
Between 2009 and 2011, Giegold was a member of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis. From 2015 until 2016, he was a member of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect. From 2016 until 2017, he was part of the Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) that investigated the Panama Papers revelations and tax avoidance schemes more broadly. In 2020, he joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.
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Sven Giegold
Sven Giegold (born 17 November 1969) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as the party's deputy chair since 2024, under co-chairs Franziska Brantner and Felix Banaszak.
From 2021 to 2024, Giegold served as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2021.
Giegold is a founding member of Attac Germany. He became a member of the Greens only in 2008, and was elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 elections.
Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Giegold grew up in Hanover, Lower Saxony. He enrolled at the University of Lüneburg in 1991 majoring in political science and economics, and later attended the University of Bremen. He earned his Master's degree from the University of Birmingham in 1996. He returned to the University of Bremen to pursue his Ph.D. under supervision of Jörg Huffschmid, but later abandoned his studies in favor of his political career.
Giegold was one of the 200 founding members of Attac's German branch in 2000 and was one of their most notable activists until 2008.
Giegold was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2010.
Giegold was elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 elections. Throughout his tenure, he served on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In this capacity, he was responsible for draft legislation to set up the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) in 2010. In 2013, in their capacity as the parliament’s lead negotiators, Giegold and fellow MEP Marianne Thyssen reached an inter-institutional compromise agreement with the member states on the SSM Regulation. From 2014, he was the Greens–European Free Alliance group co-ordinator for the committee.
Between 2009 and 2011, Giegold was a member of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis. From 2015 until 2016, he was a member of the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect. From 2016 until 2017, he was part of the Parliament's Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion (PANA) that investigated the Panama Papers revelations and tax avoidance schemes more broadly. In 2020, he joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.