Robert Habeck is a former economy and energy minister and served as vice chancellor representing the Green Party. He will resign his seat in the Bundestag on September 1, 2025, after informing the Bundestag Presidium. Habeck communicated the planned resignation to Germany's Die Tageszeitung. Habeck originally aimed for an academic career before entering politics. The resignation removes a senior Green Party figure from Germany's lower house of parliament. Further details about the transition and successor are expected to follow.
08/25/2025August 25, 2025 The former economy and energy minister and vice chancellor announced he will leave Germany's main legislative body, the Bundestag. Habeck aimed for an academic career before getting into politicsImage: Aureliusz M. Pedziwol/DW Former Vice Chancellor and Economic Minister Robert Habeck of the environmentalist Green Party announced Monday he would be resigning from Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag.
"On Monday, I informed the Bundestag Presidium that I will be resigning my seat in the Bundestag on September 1," Habeck told Germany's Die Tageszeitung newspaper.
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