Oliver Luksic Explained

Honorific-Suffix:MdB
Oliver Luksic
Birth Date:9 October 1979
Office3:Leader of the Free Democratic Party in Saarland
Deputy3:Helmut Isringhaus
Tobias Raab
Angelika Hießerich-Peter
Term Start3:8 January 2011
Predecessor3:Christoph Hartmann
Office6:Member of the Bundestag
for Saarland
Term Start6:24 October 2017
Constituency6:FDP List
Term Start7:27 October 2009
Term End7:22 October 2013
Constituency7:FDP List
Party:Free Democratic Party
Alma Mater:Sciences Po
King's College London

Oliver Luksic (born 9 October 1979) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been a Member of the Bundestag for Saarland since the 2017 elections, after having previously served from 2009 until 2013.

In addition to his parliamentary work, Luksic has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz since 2021.[1] In this capacity, he is the Federal Government’s Coordinator for Freight and Logistics.[2]

Early life and education

Luksic was educated at Sciences Po and King's College London.[3]

Political career

Luksic served as Member of the German Bundestag between the 2002 and the 2013 national elections. In this capacity, he was a member of the Committee on European Affairs and of the Committee on Transport, Building and Urban Development. In 2012, he succeeded Patrick Döring as the FDP parliamentary group's spokesperson on transport policy.

In addition to his committee assignments, Luksic served as chairman of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group with Belgium and Luxembourg.

Since 2011, Luksic has been the chairman of the FDP in Saarland. In this capacity, he led the party's campaigns for the Saarland state elections in 2012 and 2017, both times without winning any seats in the state parliament.

In 2014, Luksic took on a position with Merzig-based Kohlpharma, one of the leading importers of pharmaceuticals in Europe.[4]

Lusksic was re-elected as Member of the German Parliament in the 2017 national elections. From 2018 until 2021, he served on the Committee on Transport, Building and Digital Infrastructure. In addition to his committee assignments, he chaired the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Croatia and Slovenia. From 2019, he was a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.[5]

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Luksic led his party's delegation in the working group on mobility; his co-chairs from the other parties were Anke Rehlinger and Anton Hofreiter.[6]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Personal life

Luksic lives with his family in Heusweiler.

Notes and References

  1. Daniel Kirch (3 December 2021), Ampel-Regierung: FDP-Landeschef Oliver Luksic wird Staatssekretär im Bundesverkehrsministerium Saarbrücker Zeitung.
  2. https://www.rnd.de/politik/bundesregierung-neue-beauftragten-im-ueberblick-von-bahn-bis-religion-N5RRV6OJ45DWJBEJW2JPULHPII.html Von Bahn bis Religion: Das sind die neuen Beauftragten der Bundesregierung
  3. Web site: Deutscher Bundestag - Saarländer mit liberalen Zielen: Oliver Luksic. Schellong-Lammel. Bettina. Deutscher Bundestag. de. 2020-03-01.
  4. http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aktuell/aufmacher/Luksic-Kohlpharma-FDP-FDP-Chef-Luksic-beraet-kuenftig-Kohlpharma;art27856,5060292 FDP-Chef Luksic berät künftig Kohlpharma
  5. https://www.bundestag.de/dfv Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly
  6. Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (October 22, 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
  7. Daniel Delhaes (30 March 2022), Deutsche Bahn, Autobahn GmbH, Toll Collect: Die Ampel sucht ihre Aufsichtsräte – noch müssen die alten beraten Handelsblatt.
  8. Daniel Kirch (8 April 2022), Saarland: Oliver Luksic ist neuer Aufsichtsratschef der Autobahn GmbH Saarbrücker Zeitung.
  9. https://www.bakertilly.de/ueber-uns/baker-tilly-stiftung/stiftungsbeirat.html Advisory Board of the Baker Tilly Foundation