Cem Özdemir MdB
Özdemir in 2020
Minister of Food and Agriculture
In office 8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Julia Klöckner
Succeeded by	Alois Rainer
Minister of Education and Research
In office 7 November 2024 – 6 May 2025
Chancellor	Olaf Scholz
Preceded by	Bettina Stark-Watzinger
Succeeded by	Karin Prien (Education) Dorothee Bär (Research)
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
In office 15 November 2008 – 27 January 2018 Serving with Claudia Roth and Simone Peter
Preceded by	Reinhard Bütikofer
Succeeded by	Robert Habeck
Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg
In office 26 October 2021 – 25 March 2025
Preceded by	Stefan Kaufmann
Succeeded by	Simone Fischer
Constituency	Stuttgart I
In office 22 October 2013 – 26 October 2021
Constituency	Alliance 90/The Greens List
In office 10 November 1994 – 17 October 2002
Constituency	Alliance 90/The Greens List
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
In office 13 June 2004 – 7 June 2009
Constituency	Alliance 90/The Greens List
Personal details
Born	(1965-12-21) 21 December 1965 (age 60) Urach, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Party	The Greens (since 1981)
Spouses	Pia María Castro ​ ​ (m. 2003; div. 2023)​ Flavia Zaka ​ (m. 2026)​
Children	2
Education	Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg

Cem Özdemir (German: [ˈdʒɛm ˈœsdemiːɐ̯]; Turkish: [ˈdʒem ˈœzdemiɾ]; born 21 December 1965) is a German politician who served as Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture in the cabinet of Olaf Scholz from December 2021 to May 2025. From November 2024 to May 2025 he additionally served as Federal Minister of Education and Research,^[1] making him the first federal minister in Germany with Turkish ancestry. Since his party's victory in the 2026 Baden-Württemberg state election, he has been considered the designated minister-president of this state.^[2]

Between 2008 and 2018, Özdemir co-chaired The Greens together with Claudia Roth and later Simone Peter. He has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2013, having previously served from 1994 to 2002, when he became one of the first two Bundestag members of Turkish descent. From 2004 to 2009 he served as a Member of the European Parliament.^[3] In the 2017 federal election Özdemir and Katrin Göring-Eckardt ran jointly as The Greens’ lead candidates.^[4]