H.E. Mr. Jochen Flasbarth
State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Born 4 April 1962
in Duisburg-Rheinhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Education
1983 - 1989 Studied economics, political science and philosophy in Münster and Bonn
graduating with a degree in economics
Career
1989 - 1994 Head of the editorial office of the Economica-Verlag publishing house in Bonn
1994 - 2003 Full-time President of the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU)
2003 - 2009 Director-General for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
2009 – 2013 President of the Federal Environment Agency
Since Dec. 2013 State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Voluntary involvement
Since 1979 Member of the former Deutscher Bund für Vogelschutz (DBV, German Society for the Protection of Birds), from which Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. (NABU, Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) emerged
1980 - 1992 Various functions at NABU, including federal chairman of Naturschutzjugend (German Youth Association for the Protection of Nature); later, member and then vice-president in the NABU presidium
1985 - 2003 Member of the board of Deutscher Naturschutzring (DNR, German League for Nature and Environment)
1986 Founding board member of Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD, German Transport Association)
1988 - 2003 Member of the DNR executive board
1992 - 2003 President of Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V.
Since 1993 Member of the board of trustees of the Michael Otto Stiftung für Umweltschutz (Michael Otto foundation for environmental protection)
1993 - 2003 Member of the ZDF television board
1994 - 2003 Member of the supervisory board of the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy) GmbH
Member of the advisory council of B.A.U.M.-Environment-Protection-AG
Member of the jury for the Commerzbank/Impulse environment award
1995 - 2003 Member of the main committee/board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Umweltfragen e.V. (AGU)
1996 - 1998 Member of the “Nationales Komitee für Nachhaltige Entwicklung” (National Committee for Sustainable Development)
Member of the advisory council to the project “Sustainable Germany” (Study Commission on Protection of Humans and the Environment)
1997 - 2003 Chairman of the board of trustees of Stiftung Naturschutzgeschichte (Foundation on the history of nature conservation)
2000 - 2003 Member of the board of Allianz pro Schiene (pro rail alliance)
2001 - 2003 Member of the Federal Government’s Council for Sustainable Development
2002 - 2004 Member of the Zukunftsrat (Council for the future) at the State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia
in Duisburg-Rheinhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Education
1983 - 1989 Studied economics, political science and philosophy in Münster and Bonn
graduating with a degree in economics
Career
1989 - 1994 Head of the editorial office of the Economica-Verlag publishing house in Bonn
1994 - 2003 Full-time President of the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU)
2003 - 2009 Director-General for Nature Conservation and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
2009 – 2013 President of the Federal Environment Agency
Since Dec. 2013 State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Voluntary involvement
Since 1979 Member of the former Deutscher Bund für Vogelschutz (DBV, German Society for the Protection of Birds), from which Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. (NABU, Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union) emerged
1980 - 1992 Various functions at NABU, including federal chairman of Naturschutzjugend (German Youth Association for the Protection of Nature); later, member and then vice-president in the NABU presidium
1985 - 2003 Member of the board of Deutscher Naturschutzring (DNR, German League for Nature and Environment)
1986 Founding board member of Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD, German Transport Association)
1988 - 2003 Member of the DNR executive board
1992 - 2003 President of Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) e.V.
Since 1993 Member of the board of trustees of the Michael Otto Stiftung für Umweltschutz (Michael Otto foundation for environmental protection)
1993 - 2003 Member of the ZDF television board
1994 - 2003 Member of the supervisory board of the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie (Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy) GmbH
Member of the advisory council of B.A.U.M.-Environment-Protection-AG
Member of the jury for the Commerzbank/Impulse environment award
1995 - 2003 Member of the main committee/board of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Umweltfragen e.V. (AGU)
1996 - 1998 Member of the “Nationales Komitee für Nachhaltige Entwicklung” (National Committee for Sustainable Development)
Member of the advisory council to the project “Sustainable Germany” (Study Commission on Protection of Humans and the Environment)
1997 - 2003 Chairman of the board of trustees of Stiftung Naturschutzgeschichte (Foundation on the history of nature conservation)
2000 - 2003 Member of the board of Allianz pro Schiene (pro rail alliance)
2001 - 2003 Member of the Federal Government’s Council for Sustainable Development
2002 - 2004 Member of the Zukunftsrat (Council for the future) at the State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia