Franziska Brantner
Franziska Brantner | |
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Brantner in 2025 | |
| Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens | |
| Assumed office 16 November 2024 | |
| Deputy |
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| Preceded by | Ricarda Lang |
| Parliamentary State Secretary for Economic Affairs and Climate Action | |
| In office 8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Minister | Robert Habeck |
| Preceded by | Marco Wanderwitz |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 22 September 2013 | |
| Constituency | Heidelberg |
| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| In office 14 July 2009 – 22 September 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 August 1979 Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
| Political party | The Greens (since 1996) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | |
Franziska Katharina Brantner (born 24 August 1979) is a German politician of the Green Party who has been serving as a member of the German Parliament since 2013. Since 2024, she has also been serving as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Felix Banaszak.
In addition to her parliamentary mandate, Brantner served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2025. In this capacity, her portfolio included European affairs, trade policy, and digitization. Moreover, she was also the ministry's Special Coordinator for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).
Brantner was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2013.