Robin Wagener Explained

Office:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:26 October 2021
Party: Alliance 90/The Greens
Birth Date:1980 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Bielefeld, West Germany
Alma Mater:University of Bielefeld

Robin Till Nils Johannes Wagener (born 16 August 1980) is a German judge and politician[1] of the Alliance 90/The Greens[1] [2] who has been a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election, representing the Lippe I district.[3]

In addition to his parliamentary mandate, Wagener has been serving as the Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with the Southern Caucasus, the Republic of Moldova and Central Asia at the Federal Foreign Office since 2023.[4]

Political career

In parliament, Wagener has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[5] In this capacity, he is also his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on Russia and Ukraine.[6]  

In addition to his committee assignments, Wagener has been chairing the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe since 2022.[7] He is also the chairman of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[8]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Wagener and Verena Schäffer led their party’s delegation in the working group on internal and legal affairs;[9] their counterparts from the CDU were Herbert Reul and Peter Biesenbach.[10]

Other activities

Personal life

Wagener is married and has two children. The family lives in Bad Salzuflen. [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robin Wagener. 30 January 2022. Alliance 90/The Greens Bundestag. de.
  2. News: Kienscherf. Sven. 10 September 2021. Robin Wagener (Grüne): Mobilität und Ökologie dürfen keine Gegensätze sein. de. nw.de. 29 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Robin Wagener. 30 January 2022. Deutscher Bundestag. de.
  4. https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/news/-/2581620 Statement by Foreign Minister Baerbock on the appointment of Robin Wagener as Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with the Southern Caucasus, the Republic of Moldova and Central Asia
  5. https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/W/wagener_robin-860908 Robin Wagener
  6. Alexej Hock (8 February 2022), Wie die AfD zum Stichwortgeber der russischen Propaganda wurde Die Welt.
  7. https://www.bundestag.de/oszepv German Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
  8. https://rp-online.de/politik/ausland/bundestagsabgeordneter-wagener-fuer-weitere-waffenhilfe-an-die-ukraine_aid-66948315 „Der Kampfeswille der Ukrainer ist ungebrochen“
  9. Maximilian Plück (31 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die Grünen Rheinische Post.
  10. Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022), Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDU Rheinische Post.
  11. https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/W/wagener_robin-860908 Robin Wagener
  12. https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_hoexter/hoexter/21691056_Robin-Wagener-ist-Bundestagskandidat-der-Gruenen-im-Kreis-Hoexter.html Kreis Höxter: Robin Wagener ist Bundestagskandidat der Grünen im Kreis Höxter