Stefan Birkner


Stefan Birkner is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party.

Political career

Birkner was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in the 2008 state elections. However, in February 2008 he left the Landtag to become a State Secretary for the State Minister of the Environment in the second cabinet Wulff, Hans-Heinrich Sander. He was replaced by Christian Grascha. From January 2012 until 2013 he served as State Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection in the government of Minister-President David McAllister.
In September 2017, Birkner succeeded Christian Dürr as chairman of the FDP's parliamentary group.

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