1. In 2009, Habeck was voted into the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein as a deputy of The Greens and became group chairman.
27 Facts About Robert Habeck
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Robert Habeck passed his final secondary school examinations in 1989 at the Heinrich Heine School in Heikendorf in the Plon district.
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In 1996 Robert Habeck received a master's degree from the University of Hamburg.
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In 2009, Robert Habeck was elected to the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag via the party list.
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Robert Habeck served as Deputy Minister-President and State Minister for Energy, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas in the centre-left Albig Cabinet since 2012 and in the centre-right Gunther Cabinet between 2017 and 2018.
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From 2014 and 2016, Robert Habeck was one of the members of Germany's temporary National Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste.
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Robert Habeck served as a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2012.
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Robert Habeck ran to become one of the two top candidates for the Greens for the 2017 German federal election, but lost by 75 votes to Cem Ozdemir.
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In March 2023, Robert Habeck participated in the first joint cabinet meeting of the governments of Germany and Japan in Tokyo, chaired by Chancellor Scholz and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
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On 6 May 2021, Robert Habeck demanded the federal government waive patent rights for the COVID-19 vaccine.
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An opponent of nuclear energy, Robert Habeck pushed against efforts at the EU level in 2022 to label nuclear power as a sustainable and green energy source.
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On 5 October 2022, Robert Habeck accused the United States and other "friendly" gas supplier nations that they were profiting from the Ukraine war with "astronomical prices".
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Robert Habeck called for more solidarity by the US to assist energy-pressed allies in Europe.
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Robert Habeck called for a phase-out of coal by 2030.
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In November 2023, Robert Habeck led efforts on backstopping Siemens Energy with guarantees worth billion as part of a deal with other stakeholders to help the energy company fulfil its order book; the guarantees were part of a package totaling billion agreed with private banks and other stakeholders and imposed a pause on dividends and higher level bonuses.
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Robert Habeck cautioned, "If we do not obtain more gas next winter and if deliveries from Russia were to be cut then we would not have enough gas to heat all our houses and keep all our industry going".
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Robert Habeck said Germany plans to end imports of Russian natural gas by mid-2024.
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In June 2022, Robert Habeck warned that Germany is facing a "more significant" energy crisis than during the 1973 oil crisis.
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German magazine Cicero claimed that Robert Habeck had misled the public in 2022 and ignored the advice of experts who said nuclear facilities were still safe to operate.
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Robert Habeck repeatedly declared himself in favor of importing migrants from the camps on the Greek islands.
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In October 2023, Robert Habeck called for more immigration to Germany, saying the shortage of skilled workers was the country's "most pressing structural problem".
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In July 2024, Robert Habeck suggested the tax relief for skilled foreign workers.
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In September 2024, in response to the threat of mass layoffs at the Volkswagen car manufacturer, Robert Habeck said that the government would consider how it could help Volkswagen.
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Robert Habeck said that the government should support the transition to electric cars.
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On 11 January 2024, while visiting Sderot near the Gaza strip, Habeck called the lawsuit South Africa v Israel to be one of the biggest absurdities one could come up with.
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In November 2024, two days after the FDP left the coalition due to the ongoing political crisis, which subsequently became a minority government and the Scholz cabinet was reshuffled, Robert Habeck announced that he wanted to be nominated by the Greens as candidate for chancellor for the federal election.
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Robert Habeck's great-grandfather was Walter Granzow, whose son Kurt Granzow, Habeck maternal grandfather, was an Obersturmfuhrer in the SA.