Danyal Bayaz (born 15 October 1983) is a German politician of

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

who has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the government of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

Winfried Kretschmann Winfried Kretschmann (; born 17 May 1948) is a German politician serving as Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg since 2011. A member of the Alliance '90/Greens, he was President of the Bundesrat and ''ex officio'' deputy to the President o ...

since May 2021. From 2017 until 2021, he was a member of the

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Early life and career

Bayaz was born in

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

in 1983 to a German mother and a Turkish-born father. His father worked as a journalist. After graduating from Heidelberg's Bunsen Gymnasium, he studied politics and economics at the

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, where he later earned a doctorate in financial markets. Among other things, he completed a research stay as a Fulbright Fellow at

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in New York. From 2013 to 2017 Bayaz worked as a consultant for the global strategy consultancy

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(BCG), based at the firm's

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office.

Political career

Early beginnings

Bayaz joined the Green Party in 2005. From 2013 until 2017, he was part of the party's leadership in Baden-Württemberg under co-chairs Thekla Walker and Oliver Hildenbrand.

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2021

Bayaz became a member of the Bundestag in the

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. From 2017 until 2021, he was a member of the Finance Committee and an alternate member of the Budget Committee, where he served as his parliamentary group's

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on the

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s of the

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and the

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. On the Finance Committee, he led his group's work on the

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. In addition to his committee assignments, Bayaz was a member of the German delegation to the

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since 2019. Also from 2019, chaired the Business Advisory Board of the Green Party's parliamentary group. From 2019, he joined forces with

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on bringing together fellow parliamentarians from the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) to explore options for a so-called

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Career in state politics

In the negotiations to form a

under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg

following the 2021 state elections, Bayaz was a member of the working group on economic affairs, labor and innovation. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 national elections, Bayaz was part of his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the

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, co-chaired by Doris Ahnen,

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and

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Other activities

Corporate boards

* Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021) *

EnBW EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, or simply EnBW, is a publicly-traded energy industry, energy company headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany. History Foundation and development EnBW came into existence on 1 January 1997 as a result of the merge ...

, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021) *

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, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021) *

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (, LBBW) is a universal bank and the Landesbank for some Federal States of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen). As of 2018, it is Germany's biggest state-backed landesbank lender. LBBW is a full-s ...

(LBBW), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)

Non-profit organizations

* Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2021) *

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, Member

Personal life

Bayaz has been in a relationship with fellow Green Party politician

Katharina Schulze Katharina Elisabeth Schulze (born 20 June 1985) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the State Parliament of Bavaria (''Landtag'') since 2013. Along with Ludwig Hartmann, she was one of the two lea ...

since 2019. In 2021, the couple's son was born.Politik in Bayern: Grünen-Fraktionschefin Schulze ist Mutter geworden
''

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'', June 21, 2021.

References

External links

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Bundestag biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bayaz, Danyal 1983 births Living people Politicians from Heidelberg German politicians of Turkish descent Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens