Danyal Bayaz

Bayaz was born in Heidelberg in 1983 to a German mother and a Turkish-born father.{{citation|last=Sgries|first=Sören S.|date=2018|title=Warum Danyal Bayaz bei Türkei-Wahl gegen Erdogan stimmt|url=https://www.rnz.de/politik/hintergrund_artikel,-heidelberger-bundestagsabgeordneter-warum-danyal-bayaz-bei-tuerkei-wahl-gegen-erdogan-stimmt-_arid,367148.html|quote=Meine Mutter ist Deutsche, mein Vater Türke, daher habe ich seit Geburt beide Pässe.|publisher=Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung|access-date=1 April 2021}} His father worked as a journalist.Felix Bohr and Gerald Traufetter (June 24, 2021), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/shootingstar-danyal-bayaz-der-superrealo-und-die-zukunft-der-gruenen-a-1d27f2ce-bc51-46ef-b2d8-5fd6eba3c5eb Shootingstar Danyal Bayaz: Der Superrealo und die Zukunft der Grünen] Der Spiegel. After graduating from Heidelberg's Bunsen Gymnasium, he studied politics and economics at the University of Hohenheim, where he later earned a doctorate in financial markets. Among other things, he completed a research stay as a Fulbright Fellow at Cornell University in New York.

From 2013 to 2017 Bayaz worked as a consultant for the global strategy consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG), based at the firm's Stuttgart office.

Bayaz joined the Green Party in 2005. From 2013 until 2017, he was part of the party's leadership in Baden-Württemberg under co-chairs Thekla Walker and Oliver Hildenbrand.

Bayaz became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. From 2017 until 2021, he was a member of the Finance Committee{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundestag.de/en/committees/a07|title=German Bundestag - Finance|website=German Bundestag|language=en|access-date=2020-03-16}} and an alternate member of the Budget Committee, where he served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the annual budgets of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection and the Federal Constitutional Court.[http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/19/046/1904617.pdf Beschlussempfehlung des Haushaltsausschusses (8. Ausschuss) zu dem Entwurf eines Gesetzes über die Feststellung des Bundeshaushaltsplans für das Haushaltsjahr 2019 (Haushaltsgesetz 2019) – Drucksache 19/3400 – 28. September 2018] Bundestag. On the Finance Committee, he led his group's work on the Wirecard scandal.Guy Chazan (March 26, 2021), [https://www.ft.com/content/4088a865-2460-4e6f-8059-2f2139552e4d BaFin chief admits watchdog made errors ahead of Wirecard collapse] Financial Times.

In addition to his committee assignments, Bayaz was a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019. Also from 2019, chaired the Business Advisory Board of the Green Party's parliamentary group.Cordula Tutt (November 15, 2019), [https://www.wiwo.de/politik/deutschland/parteitag-wer-kann-bei-den-gruenen-wirtschaft/25229122.html Parteitag: Wer kann bei den Grünen Wirtschaft?] Wirtschaftswoche. From 2019, he joined forces with Lukas Köhler on bringing together fellow parliamentarians from the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) to explore options for a so-called Jamaica coalition government.Daniel Godeck (September 3, 2020), [https://taz.de/Zusammenarbeit-von-FDP-und-Gruenen/!5710743/ Zusammenarbeit von FDP und Grünen: Grün-gelbe Anbandelungsversuche] Die Tageszeitung.Felix Bohr and Gerald Traufetter (June 24, 2021), [https://www.spiegel.de/politik/shootingstar-danyal-bayaz-der-superrealo-und-die-zukunft-der-gruenen-a-1d27f2ce-bc51-46ef-b2d8-5fd6eba3c5eb Shootingstar Danyal Bayaz: Der Superrealo und die Zukunft der Grünen] Der Spiegel.

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann following the 2021 state elections, Bayaz was a member of the working group on economic affairs, labor and innovation.[https://www.gruene-bw.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/210413_Verhandlungsgruppen_KoaV_GrueneBW.pdf Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen] Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.[https://www.cdu-bw.de/data/documents/2021/04/13/223-6075c36cb9627.pdf Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen] CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 national elections, Bayaz was part of his party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the national budget, co-chaired by Doris Ahnen, Lisa Paus and Christian Dürr.Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021), [https://www.waz.de/politik/koaltionsverhandlungen-spd-gruene-fdp-ampel-arbeitsgruppen-id233641303.html SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition] Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.

• Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)[https://www.bw-bank.de/de/home/bwbank/ueber-uns/aufsichtsrat.html Supervisory Board] Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank).
• EnBW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)[https://www.enbw.com/company/the-group/about-us/supervisory-board/ Supervisory Board] EnBW.
• KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)[https://www.kfw.de/KfW-Group/About-KfW/Vorstand-und-Gremien/Verwaltungsrat-und-seine-Aussch%C3%BCsse/ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816142705/https://www.kfw.de/KfW-Group/About-KfW/Vorstand-und-Gremien/Verwaltungsrat-und-seine-Aussch%C3%BCsse/ |date=2017-08-16 }} KfW.
• Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)[https://www.lbbw.de/group/landesbank-baden-wuerttemberg/aufsichtsrat/supervisory-board_7v4kzduaq_e.html Supervisory Board] Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).

• Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2021)[https://www.bwstiftung.de/de/die-stiftung/wer-wir-sind/aufsichtsrat Supervisory Board] Baden-Württemberg Stiftung.
• German Economic Association, Member

Bayaz has been in a relationship with fellow Green Party politician Katharina Schulze since 2019.Kimberly Hagen (July 26, 2019), [https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/promis/katharina-schulze-zeigt-sich-erstmals-mit-ihrem-freund-art-474485 Katharina Schulze zeigt sich erstmals mit ihrem Freund!] Abendzeitung. In 2021, the couple's son was born.[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/bayern-gruene-schulze-bayaz-baby-1.5329190 Politik in Bayern: Grünen-Fraktionschefin Schulze ist Mutter geworden] Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 21, 2021.

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