12 Facts About Sven Giegold

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.

Sven Giegold was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2021.

Sven Giegold became a member of the Greens only in 2008, and was elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 elections.

Sven Giegold enrolled at the University of Luneburg in 1991 majoring in political science and economics, and later attended the University of Bremen.

Sven Giegold earned his Master's degree from the University of Birmingham in 1996.

Sven Giegold returned to the University of Bremen to pursue his Ph.

Sven 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.

Sven Giegold was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2010.

Sven Giegold was elected to the European Parliament in the 2009 elections.

Between 2009 and 2011, Sven Giegold was a member of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis.

Since 2016, Sven Giegold has been sponsoring a proposal that would redefine how the assembly defines lobbying and set new rules for how MEPs could meet with people trying to influence legislation.

Sven Giegold was the winner of the Economic and Monetary Award Affairs, MEP Awards 2017.