Markus Tressel

Markus Tressel
Markus Tressel
	Tressel in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2009
Personal details
Born	17 April 1977 (age 47); Saarlouis, West Germany; (now Germany)
Political party	Greens
Children	Two

Markus Tressel (born 17 April 1977) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saarland from 2009 until 2021.^[1] From 2016 until 2021, he also was the party's co-chair in Saarland, alongside Tina Schöpfer.^[2]

Early life and career[edit]

In 1996 Tressel graduated from the Max-Planck-Gymnasium in Saarlouis, where he was student representative. He dropped out of his studies of political and administrative sciences at Saarland University in 2000 in favour of a position as state manager for the regional association of the Green Party in Saarland.

Political career[edit]

Tressel became a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election, representing the Saarlouis district.^[3] He is a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture and the Committee on Tourism.^[4]^[5] For his parliamentary group he serves as spokesman for rural areas and regional policy and for tourism policy.^[6]

In February 2021, Tressel announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.^[7]

References[edit]

^ "Markus Tressel | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ Klaus Pliet (22 February 2021), Tressel zieht sich aus der aktiven Politik zurück Saarländischer Rundfunk.
^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "German Bundestag - Food and Agriculture". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ "German Bundestag - Tourism". German Bundestag. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Die fachpolitischen SprecherInnen". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 16 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Klaus Pliet (22 February 2021), Tressel zieht sich aus der aktiven Politik zurück Saarländischer Rundfunk.