Thomas Waitz
Thomas Waitz | |
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Thomas Alexander Waitz | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 February 2020 | |
| In office 10 November 2017 – 2 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Austria |
| Co-chair of the European Green Party | |
| In office 10 November 2019 – 7 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Reinhard Bütikofer |
| Succeeded by | Ciarán Cuffe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 May 1973 Vienna, Austria |
| Political party | Austria The Greens – The Green Alternative EU European Green Party |
| Website | thomaswaitz |
Thomas Waitz (born 16 May 1973) is an Austrian ecological farmer, forester, and politician for the Greens Party. He has served as a board member for the European Green Party (EGP) since March 2017 and has been a member of the European Parliament since November 2017, after Ulrike Lunacek's resignation. After the 2019 European Parliament election, he lost his mandate until Brexit took place on 31 January 2020 and he received a new mandate for Austria. He was the co-chair of the European Green Party together with Evelyne Huytebroeck from November 2019 to December 2024. On 5 June 2022 he was reelected to the EGP Co-chair together with the French senator Mélanie Vogel