Olaf Lies

Olaf Lies (2012)

Olaf Lies (born May 8, 1967 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German politician ( SPD ). From February 2013 to November 2017 he was Lower Saxony's Minister for Economy, Labor and Transport and since November 2017 Lower Saxony's Minister for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection . From May 2010 to January 2012 he was chairman of the SPD Lower Saxony and since January 2012 he has been its deputy chairman.

biography

Olaf Lies first attended elementary school, orientation level and secondary school in Sande . After training as a radio electronics technician at the Wilhelmshaven naval arsenal , he did his basic military service in the navy. After attending technical college , he studied electrical engineering at the Wilhelmshaven University of Applied Sciences . He completed his studies with a degree in engineering. From 1995 he was a research assistant at the Wilhelmshaven University of Applied Sciences and since 1996 member of the staff council and later also chairman of the staff council.

Olaf Lies is married and has two children.

politics

Olaf Lies has been a member of the SPD since January 2002 . In February 2002 he became chairman of the SPD local association Sande and a member of the Sander municipal council . In May 2003 he became deputy chairman of the SPD sub-district Friesland and in May 2005 sub-district chairman. In September 2005, he became a member of the Weser-Ems SPD district executive. Since November 2006 he has been a member of the district council of the district of Friesland and deputy district administrator .

In the state elections in 2008 , 2013 and 2017 , he moved into the state parliament of Lower Saxony as a directly elected member of the Friesland constituency . In the state parliament he was deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group and port policy spokesman from 2010 to 2013.

On May 29, 2010 he was elected by the state party conference of the SPD Lower Saxony in Stade with 91.1 percent as the new state chairman and successor to Garrelt Duin . On September 16, 2011, Olaf Lies announced that he would apply for the top candidacy of the SPD Lower Saxony in the 2013 state election . The candidate was determined on November 27, 2011 in a membership decision, in which Lies and Hanover's Lord Mayor Stephan Weil stood for election. Lies, however, lost to his challenger with 46.1 percent to 53.3 percent of the valid votes. After the membership decision, Lies made his position available as chairman. On January 20, 2012, Weil was elected the new state chairman of the Lower Saxony SPD at an extraordinary party congress in Oldenburg . Lies was elected deputy state chairman with 87.3 percent of the vote and with the express support of Weil.

On February 19, 2013, Lies was appointed Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport to the Weil I cabinet . Due to his work as Minister of Economic Affairs, he also became a member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG on February 19, 2013 . On November 16, 2017, he was appointed Minister for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection in the Weil II cabinet because the economic department was transferred to the new coalition partner CDU.

Web links

Commons : Olaf Lies - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Member profile in the Lower Saxony state parliament in the 18th electoral term. Lower Saxony state parliament.
Website by Olaf Lies

Individual evidence

^ Olaf Lies elected the new SPD chairman in Lower Saxony. In: spdnds.de. May 29, 2010, archived from the original on May 28, 2016 ; accessed on August 5, 2019 .
↑ "I want to be Prime Minister!" In: ndr.de . September 18, 2011, archived from the original on December 3, 2016 ; accessed on May 5, 2019 .
↑ Stephan Weil elected as the SPD top candidate. In: spdns.de. November 27, 2011, archived from the original on July 1, 2016 ; accessed on August 5, 2019 .
↑ Julia Spurzem: Successor of Olaf Lies: Because new chairman of the SPD Lower Saxony. In: Welt Online . January 20, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012 .
^ Environment Minister Olaf Lies. Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection, October 24, 2018, accessed on August 5, 2019 .
↑ Organs: Supervisory Board. In: volkswagenag.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016 ; accessed on August 5, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Read Olaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician (SPD), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH	May 8, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wilhelmshaven

[1] Olaf Lies elected the new SPD chairman in Lower Saxony. In: spdnds.de. May 29, 2010, archived from the original on May 28, 2016 ; accessed on August 5, 2019 .

[2] "I want to be Prime Minister!" In: ndr.de . September 18, 2011, archived from the original on December 3, 2016 ; accessed on May 5, 2019 .

[3] Stephan Weil elected as the SPD top candidate. In: spdns.de. November 27, 2011, archived from the original on July 1, 2016 ; accessed on August 5, 2019 .

[4] Julia Spurzem: Successor of Olaf Lies: Because new chairman of the SPD Lower Saxony. In: Welt Online . January 20, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2012 .

[5] Environment Minister Olaf Lies. Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection, October 24, 2018, accessed on August 5, 2019 .

[6] Organs: Supervisory Board. In: volkswagenag.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2016 ; accessed on August 5, 2019 .