Prof. Sigmar Gabriel

Supervisory Board – Biography

Born 1959
Goslar
Nationality: German

Consultant and Publicist, Federal Minister a.D.

First appointment: May 13, 2025
Appointed until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2028.

Committees

Strategy, Technology and ESG Committee

Memberships

Memberships in other statutory Supervisory Boards as well as in other comparable control committees of commercial enterprises in Germany and abroad:

Deutsche Bank AG
Siemens Energy AG
Siemens Energy Management GmbH (Siemens Energy Group; unlisted)
Heristo AG (nicht börsennotiert)

Biography

Education/academic background
1979 - 1981: Contract soldier
1982 - 1987: Studied German language and literature, politics and sociology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
1987: First state examination in the teaching profession at grammar schools

Professional career
1987 - 1998: Member of the Goslar District Council
1991 - 1999: Councillor of the City of Goslar
1990 - 2005: Member of the Parliament of Lower Saxony
1997 - 1998: Deputy Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in the Parliament of Lower Saxony
1998 - 1999: Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Parliament of Lower Saxony
1999–2003: Prime Minister of the State of Lower Saxony
2003 - 2005: Chairman of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Parliament of Lower Saxony
2003 - 2005: Deputy Chairman of the SPD Lower Saxony
2005 - 2019: Member of the German Bundestag
2005 - 2009: Federal Environment Minister
2009 - 2017: Federal Chairman
2013 – 2017: Federal Minister of Economics and Energy
2013 - 2018: Vice Chancellor and Federal Foreign Minister