Curriculum Vitae of Jochen Flasbarth
Born on 4 April 1962 in Duisburg-Rheinhausen.
Professional history
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| since May 2025 | State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
| 2021 to 2025 | State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development |
2018 to 2021 | State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
2013 to 2018 | State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety |
2009 to 2013 | President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) |
2003 to 2009 | Director-General for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Nature at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
1994 to 2003 | Full-time President of the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) |
1989 to 1994 | Head of editorial office of the Economica-Verlag publishing house in Bonn |
Education
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| 1983 to 1989 | Studied economics, political science and philosophy in Münster and Bonn, graduated in economics |
Memberships
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2022 to 2025 | Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) |
2022 to 2025 | Chair of the Board of Trustees of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) |
2022 to 2025 | Governor of the International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD) |
since 2022 | Member of the Council of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) |
since 2021 | Full member of the Supervisory Board of the public sector consultancy firm PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand GmbH |
since 2017 | Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE) |
since 2016 | Member of think tank Agora Verkehrswende |
since 2014 | Member of the Supervisory Board of the Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena) |
since 2012 | Member of think tank Agora Energiewende |
2017 to 2018 | Managing Director of the BGZ Company for Interim Storage |
2002 to 2004 | Member of the Zukunftsrat (Council for the Future) at the State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia |
2001 to 2003 | Member of the Federal Government Council for Sustainable Development |
2000 to 2003 | Member of the Board of Allianz pro Schiene (Pro-Rail Alliance) |
1997 to 2003 | Chair of the Board of Trustees of the foundation Stiftung Naturschutzgeschichte |
1996 to 1998 | Member of the National Committee for Sustainable Development, member of the Advisory Council for the project "Sustainable Germany" (Study Commission on Protection of Humanity and the Environment) |
1995 to 2003 | Member of the Main Committee and Board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Umweltfragen e. V. (AGU) |
1993 to 2003 | Member of the ZDF Television Council |
1994 to 2003 | Member of the Supervisory Board of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy; member of the Advisory Council of B.A.U.M. e.V.; member of the jury for the Commerzbank/Impulse environment award |
since 1993 | Member of the Board of Trustees of the environmental foundation Umweltstiftung Michael Otto |
1992 to 2003 | President of the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) |
1988 to 2003 | Member of the Board of the German League for Nature and Environment (DNR) |
1986 | Founding member of the Board of Transport Club Germany (Verkehrsclub Deutschland) |
1985 to 2003 | Member of the Executive Board of the German League for Nature and Environment (DNR) |
1980 to 1992 | Various functions in the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), including federal Chair of the German Youth Association for the Protection of Nature (Naturschutzjugend); observer and subsequently Vice President of the NABU Board |
since 1979 | Member of the German Society for the Protection of Birds (DBV), the predecessor to NABU |