Thomas Waitz

Thomas Waitz
Thomas Alexander Waitz[1]
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 February 2020
In office
10 November 2017 – 2 July 2019
ConstituencyAustria
Co-chair of the European Green Party
Assumed office
5 June 2022
Serving with Mélanie Vogel
Personal details
Born (1973-05-16) 16 May 1973 (age 51)
Vienna, Austria
Political party Austria
The Greens – The Green Alternative
 EU
European Green Party
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Thomas Waitz (born 16 May 1973) is an Austrian ecological farmer, forester, and politician for the Greens Party. He has served as a board member for the European Green Party (EGP) since March 2017 and has been a member of the European Parliament since November 2017, after Ulrike Lunacek's resignation. After the 2019 European Parliament election, he lost his mandate until Brexit took place on 31 January 2020 and he received a new mandate for Austria.[2] He has been the co-chair of the European Green Party together with Evelyne Huytebroeck since 10 November 2019.[3] On 5th June 2022 he was reelected to the EGP Co-Chair together with the french senator Mélanie Vogel[4]

  1. ^ "Liste 4, Die Grünen - Die Grüne Alternative, GRÜNE" (PDF) (in Austrian German). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ Michael Ortner: Was sich im EU-Parlament mit dem Brexit ändert Archived 9 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved 7. Februar 2020.
  3. ^ Österreicher Waitz neuer Vize der Europäischen Grünen Archived 3 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine orf.at, Retrieved 10. November 2019.
  4. ^ Highlights of the 35th European Green Party Council Archived 2 June 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6. September 2022