Max Lucks

Max Lucks (born 19 April 1997) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election since 2021.[1][2][3]

Max Lucks
Lucks in 2019
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Leader of the Green Youth
In office
October 2017 – November 2019
Serving with Ricarda Lang
Preceded byMoritz Heuberger
Succeeded byGeorg Kurz
Personal details
Born (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997
Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf, Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens

Political career

Early beginnings

Lucks joined the Green Party in 2013. From 2017 to 2019, he served as co-chair of the Green Youth, alongside Ricarda Lang.[4]

Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present

In parliament, Lucks serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, Lucks has been a member of the German delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2022. In the Assembly, he serves on the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy.[6] He is also the chairman of the German-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group and a member of the German-Mexican Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Other activities

Controversy

Along with Volker Beck, Terry Reintke and Felix Banaszak, Lucks was temporarily detained when Beck wanted to speak publicly at Gay Pride Istanbul in June 2016.[8][9]

References
  1. "Max Lucks". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 22 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Das ist die U-25-Fraktion im Bundestag". Spiegel Politik (in German). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  3. "Max Lucks". Alliance 90/The Greens Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 23 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Max Lucks Bundestag.
  5. Max Lucks Bundestag.
  6. Max Lucks Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
  7. Max Lucks Bundestag.
  8. Carolin Skiba (28 June 2016), Duisburg: Grünen-Politiker in Türkei festgenommen Rheinische Post.
  9. German lawmaker temporarily detained at Istanbul gay parade Associated Press, 26 June 2016.


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