Robin Wagener
{{Short description|German politician (born 1980)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| image = Zwei Jahre russischer Krieg gegen Europa – Solidarität mit der Ukraine, Kundgebung in Köln-7989.jpg
| caption = Wagener in 2024
| office = Member of the Bundestag
| term_start = 26 October 2021
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| party = File:Bündnis 90 - Die Grünen Logo (transparent).svg Alliance 90/The Greens
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|8|16}}
| birth_place = Bielefeld, West Germany
{{small|(now Germany)}}
| alma_mater = University of Bielefeld
| nationality = {{GER}}
| website = {{URL|https://robin-wagener.de/}}
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Robin Till Nils Johannes Wagener (born 16 August 1980) is a German judge and politician{{Cite web|title=Robin Wagener|url=https://www.gruene-bundestag.de/abgeordnete/infos-zur-person/robin-wagener|access-date=30 January 2022|website=Alliance 90/The Greens Bundestag|language=de}} of the Alliance 90/The Greens{{Cite news|last=Kienscherf|first=Sven|date=10 September 2021|title=Robin Wagener (Grüne): Mobilität und Ökologie dürfen keine Gegensätze sein|language=de|work=nw.de|url=https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_lippe/oerlinghausen/23087244_Robin-Wagener-Gruene-Mobilitaet-und-Oekologie-duerfen-keine-Gegensaetze-sein.html|access-date=29 January 2022}} who has been a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election, representing the Lippe I district.{{Cite web|title=Robin Wagener|url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/W/wagener_robin-860908|access-date=30 January 2022|website=Deutscher Bundestag|language=de}}
In addition to his parliamentary mandate, Wagener has been serving as the Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with the Southern Caucasus, the Republic of Moldova and Central Asia at the Federal Foreign Office since 2023.[https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/news/-/2581620 Statement by Foreign Minister Baerbock on the appointment of Robin Wagener as Coordinator for Intersocietal Cooperation with the Southern Caucasus, the Republic of Moldova and Central Asia] Federal Foreign Office, press release of 8 February 2023.
Political career
In parliament, Wagener has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/W/wagener_robin-860908 Robin Wagener] Bundestag. In this capacity, he is also his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on Russia and Ukraine.Alexej Hock (8 February 2022), [https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus236724607/Wie-AfD-Politiker-zum-Stichwortgeber-der-russischen-Propaganda-wurden.html Wie die AfD zum Stichwortgeber der russischen Propaganda wurde] Die Welt.
In addition to his committee assignments, Wagener has been chairing the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe since 2022.[https://www.bundestag.de/oszepv German Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] Bundestag. He is also the chairman of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[https://rp-online.de/politik/ausland/bundestagsabgeordneter-wagener-fuer-weitere-waffenhilfe-an-die-ukraine_aid-66948315 „Der Kampfeswille der Ukrainer ist ungebrochen“] Rheinische Post, 8 March 2022.
In the negotiations to form a coalition government of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Green Party under Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hendrik Wüst following the 2022 state elections, Wagener and Verena Schäffer led their party’s delegation in the working group on internal and legal affairs;Maximilian Plück (31 May 2022), [https://rp-online.de/nrw/landespolitik/koalitionsverhandlungen-diese-politiker-verhandeln-fuer-die-gruenen-in-nrw_aid-70617645 Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die Grünen] Rheinische Post. their counterparts from the CDU were Herbert Reul and Peter Biesenbach.Maximilian Plück (30 May 2022), [https://rp-online.de/nrw/landespolitik/nrw-koalition-von-cdu-und-gruenen-diese-politiker-verhandeln_aid-70580513 Koalitionsverhandlungen für Schwarz-Grün: Diese Politiker verhandeln für die CDU] Rheinische Post.
Other activities
Personal life
Wagener is married and has two children. The family lives in Bad Salzuflen. [https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_hoexter/hoexter/21691056_Robin-Wagener-ist-Bundestagskandidat-der-Gruenen-im-Kreis-Hoexter.html Kreis Höxter: Robin Wagener ist Bundestagskandidat der Grünen im Kreis Höxter] Neue Westfälische, 16 February 2017.
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External links
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Category:Politicians from Bielefeld
Category:Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens