Danyal Bayaz

Danyal Bayaz
Bayaz in 2018
Minister of Finance of Baden-Württemberg
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 May 2021
Prime MinisterWinfried Kretschmann
Preceded byEdith Sitzmann
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2017–2021
Personal details
Born (1983-10-15) 15 October 1983 (age 41)
Heidelberg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyGreens
Alma mater

Danyal Bayaz (born 15 October 1983) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as State Minister of Finance in the government of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann since May 2021.[1] From 2017 until 2021, he was a member of the Bundestag.[2]

Early life and career

Bayaz was born in Heidelberg in 1983 to a German mother and a Turkish-born father.[3] His father worked as a journalist.[4] 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.

Political career

Early beginnings

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.

Member of the German Parliament, 2017–2021

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[5] 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.[6] On the Finance Committee, he led his group's work on the Wirecard scandal.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10]

Career in state politics

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.[11][12]

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.[13]

Other activities

Corporate boards

  • Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)[14]
  • EnBW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)[15]
  • KfW, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)[16]
  • Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2021)[17]

Non-profit organizations

Personal life

Bayaz has been in a relationship with fellow Green Party politician Katharina Schulze since 2019.[19] In 2021, the couple's son was born.[20]

References

  1. ^ Regierungsbildung in Baden-Württemberg: Grünen-Bundestagsabgeordneter Danyal Bayaz wird Finanzminister Stuttgarter Zeitung, May 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Sgries, Sören S. (2018), Warum Danyal Bayaz bei Türkei-Wahl gegen Erdogan stimmt, Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, retrieved 1 April 2021, Meine Mutter ist Deutsche, mein Vater Türke, daher habe ich seit Geburt beide Pässe.
  4. ^ Felix Bohr and Gerald Traufetter (June 24, 2021), Shootingstar Danyal Bayaz: Der Superrealo und die Zukunft der Grünen Der Spiegel.
  5. ^ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Guy Chazan (March 26, 2021), BaFin chief admits watchdog made errors ahead of Wirecard collapse Financial Times.
  8. ^ Cordula Tutt (November 15, 2019), Parteitag: Wer kann bei den Grünen Wirtschaft? Wirtschaftswoche.
  9. ^ Daniel Godeck (September 3, 2020), Zusammenarbeit von FDP und Grünen: Grün-gelbe Anbandelungsversuche Die Tageszeitung.
  10. ^ Felix Bohr and Gerald Traufetter (June 24, 2021), Shootingstar Danyal Bayaz: Der Superrealo und die Zukunft der Grünen Der Spiegel.
  11. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
  12. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of April 13, 2021.
  13. ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (21 October 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  14. ^ Supervisory Board Baden-Württembergische Bank (BW-Bank).
  15. ^ Supervisory Board EnBW.
  16. ^ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees Archived 2017-08-16 at the Wayback Machine KfW.
  17. ^ Supervisory Board Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW).
  18. ^ Supervisory Board Baden-Württemberg Stiftung.
  19. ^ Kimberly Hagen (July 26, 2019), Katharina Schulze zeigt sich erstmals mit ihrem Freund! Abendzeitung.
  20. ^ Politik in Bayern: Grünen-Fraktionschefin Schulze ist Mutter geworden Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 21, 2021.
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