Matthias Berninger
Matthias Berninger (born 1971) is a former German politician and member of The Greens from 1993 until 2007.[1]
From 2001 to 2005, Berninger served as Parliamentary Secretary of State at the
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. After leaving the government, he was his parliamentary group's spokesperson on economic policy from 2005 until 2007.[citation needed
]
Since 2019, Berninger has been serving as Executive Vice President of Public and Government Affairs and Head of Sustainability at Bayer.[2] Berninger lives with his wife and children in Washington, D.C.
School and studies
After graduating from the
Gesamthochschule Kassel, which he completed in 1994 with the first state examination for the teaching profession at secondary schools.[citation needed
]
Political career
Since 1990, Berninger has been a member of
Landkreis Kassel. From 2003 to 2007, Berninger was parliamentary representative for the Green Party for the State of Hesse in the Bundestag.[3]
In the 1994
Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. At the age of 29, he became the youngest parliamentary Secretary of State ever appointed.[4]
Berninger left his post of
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
. Berninger ended his political career in February 2007.
Berninger was considered a
New Economy.[4]
Private sector
In 2007, Berninger moved to Brussels as a
Mars Incorporated as Director of Corporate Health and Nutrition, to improve the companies public image in Europe. In August 2008, he was promoted to Global Head of Public Policy, with responsibility for global health, nutrition and sustainability.[7][8][9]
On 1 January 2019, Berninger moved to
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen colleagues in Germany.[11][10] He commented on this in an interview with the news magazine Der Spiegel.[12]
Film
- Rot-Grün macht Kasse. Documentary about the activities of former politicians as lobbyists, 30 min, Germany, 2011, Production: NDR/Panorama[13]
Cabinets
- Schröder Cabinet II
References
- ^ "Matthias Berninger, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen". Bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2012.
- ^ Douglas Busvine and Ludwig Burger (14 June 2019), Bayer to invest $5.6 billion in weedkiller research to help reputation Reuters.
- ^ Archived (Date missing) at hr-online.de (Error: unknown archive URL) hr-online.de
- ^ a b Haselberger, Stephan (18 January 2001). "Matthias Berninger: Fischers Zögling war immer der Jüngste" [Matthias Berninger: Fischer's pupil was always the youngest]. Die Welt (in German).
- ^ Matthias Berninger: Fischer's pupil was always the youngest. In: Die Welt, 18 January 2001.
- Spiegel Online, 17 March 2008; retrieved 14 June 2012
- ^ Matthias Berninger. Green Ex-Secretary of State Becomes Mars Manager Handelsblatt, 13 December 2006.
- ^ Greens in Business. Eyes closed and through Handelsblatt, 12 June 2008.
- ^ Jutta Reitmeier appointed Corporate Affairs Director of Mars Germany; ... Matthias Berninger, Global Staff Officer Public Affairs. at mars.com (Error: unknown archive URL) (archived (Date missing)) mars.com
- ^ a b Daniel Wetzel (8 January 2019). "Bayer: Greener to be chief lobbyist for glyphosate". Welt Online.
- ^ "Ex-Green politician is now chief lobbyist for glyphosate". FOCUS Online. 6 November 2019.
- ^ Schießl, Michaela (28 June 2019), "Das ist unsere Schatztruhe", Der Spiegel, 3 November
- ^ ARD-exclusiv: Rot-Grün macht Kasse - Panorama - NDR. YouTube; retrieved 15 February 2021
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Matthias Berninger.
- biography at the German Bundestag
- Literature by and about Matthias Berninger in the German National Library catalogue
- Bayer chief lobbyist Berninger.
- Monsanto, glyphosate, stock crash. An ex-Green politician is to save Bayer. tagesspiegel.de
- Bayer buys Green politician. votum24