Olaf Lies

Olaf Lies
Minister for Economic Affairs, Housing, Transport and Digitalization Lower Saxony
Assumed office
8 November 2022
Preceded byBernd Althusmann
Minister for Environment, Energy, Building, and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony
In office
22 November 2017 – 8 November 2022
Preceded byStefan Wenzel
Succeeded byChristian Meyer
Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony
In office
19 February 2013 – 22 November 2017
Preceded byJörg Bode
Succeeded byBernd Althusmann
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in Lower Saxony
In office
29 May 2010 – 20 January 2012
Preceded byGarrelt Duin
Succeeded byStephan Weil
Member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony for Friesland
Assumed office
27 January 2008
Personal details
Born (1967-05-08) 8 May 1967 (age 57)
Wilhelmshaven, West Germany
Political partySocial Democratic Party of Germany

Olaf Lies (born 8 May 1967) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He was first elected to the Landtag of Lower Saxony in 2008.


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