Tarek Al-WazirHessian Minister for Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Housing
born on January 3rd, 1971 in Offenbach am Main. After attending school in Offenbach, Sana’a (Yemen) and Frankfurt, he began studying political science in Frankfurt in 1992. While still being a student, he joined the Green Party in 1989 and was chairman of the Green Youth of Hesse from 1992 to 1994. In 1993 he became a member of the Offenbach City Council, and in 1995 he became a member of the Hessian State Parliament. From May 2000 he led the state parliamentary group of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, and from September 2007 he also became head of the state party, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Hessen. He resigned from both posts before being appointed Hesse’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Regional Development (since 2019: Housing) and Vice Minister President of Hesse on January 18, 2014.