Olaf Lies

German politician

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Olaf Lies

MdL

Lies in 2012

Minister-President of Lower Saxony

Incumbent

Assumed office
20 May 2025
Preceded by| Stephan Weil
Minister for Economic Affairs, Housing, Transport and Digitalization Lower Saxony
In office
8 November 2022 – 20 May 2025
Preceded by| Bernd Althusmann
Minister for Environment, Energy, Building, and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony
In office
22 November 2017 – 8 November 2022
Preceded by| Stefan Wenzel
Succeeded by| Christian Meyer
Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony
In office
19 February 2013 – 22 November 2017
Preceded by| Jörg Bode
Succeeded by| Bernd Althusmann
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony
In office
29 May 2010 – 20 January 2012
Preceded by| Garrelt Duin
Succeeded by| Stephan Weil
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony for Friesland

Incumbent

Assumed office
27 January 2008
Personal details
Born|  (1967-05-08) 8 May 1967 (age 58)
Wilhelmshaven, West Germany
Political party| Social Democratic Party of Germany

Olaf Lies (born 8 May 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). In May 2025 he was elected as Minister-President of the federal state of Lower Saxony.[1]

## Political career

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Lies joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002. In the 2008 state elections he became member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. He was leader of his party in Lower Saxony from 2010[2] to 2012.[3]

Minister-President Stephan Weil of Lower Saxony appointed Lies to the position of State Minister for Economics, Labour and Transport in 2013 and later to State Minister for Environment, Energy, Building, and Climate Protection in his cabinet.[4]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Lies was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led by Armin Laschet, Georg Nüßlein and Barbara Hendricks.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Lies was part of his party's delegation in the working group on agriculture and nutrition, co-chaired by Till Backhaus, Renate Künast and Carina Konrad.[5]

Lies was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[6]

## Other activities

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### Regulatory agencies

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* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board

### Corporate boards

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* Meyer Werft, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2024)[7]
* Deutsche Messe, Member of the Supervisory Board[8]
* Volkswagen Group, Member of the supervisory board (since 2013)[9]

### Non-profit organizations

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* Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[10]
* German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[11]

## References

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1. ^ https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Olaf-Lies-zu-Niedersachsens-neuem-Ministerpraesidenten-gewaehlt,olaflies152.html
2. ^ "Neuer Landesvorsitzender der niedersächsischen SPD". 31 May 2010.
3. ^ Nordwest-Zeitung (3 June 2017). "Vergabeaffären Um Olaf Lies: Schwere Stunden für einen Senkrechtstarter".
4. ^ "Olaf Lies Ein Friese. Stark für Niedersachsen. - Lebenslauf". olaf-lies.de.
5. ^ Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP[permanent dead link] Deutschlandfunk, October 27, 2021.
6. ^ Drucksache 18/10450: Niedersächsische Mitglieder der 17. Bundesversammlung am 13. Februar 2022 State Parliament of Lower Saxony.
7. ^ Thomas Pertz (29 October 2024), Meyer Werft bekommt Aufsichtsrat: Das sind die Vertreter des Landes Niedersachsen Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
8. ^ Supervisory BoardDeutsche Messe.
9. ^ Kabinett stimmt Benennung von Stephan Weil und Olaf Lies für den Aufsichtsrat der Volkswagen AG zu State Government of Lower Saxony, press release of 19 February 2013.
10. ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Archived 20 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of 1 July 2020.
11. ^ Niedersachsens Umweltminister Olaf Lies neu im DBU-Kuratorium German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), press release of 1 March 2018.

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