Stefan Birkner

Stefan Birkner (born 12 April 1973 in Münsterlingen) is a German politician for the Free Democratic Party.

Birkner was elected to the Lower Saxon Landtag in the 2008 state elections. However, in February 2008 he left the Landtag to become a State Secretary for the State Minister of the Environment in the second cabinet Wulff, Hans-Heinrich Sander. He was replaced by Christian Grascha. From January 2012 until 2013 he served as State Minister for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection in the government of Minister-President David McAllister.

In September 2017, Birkner succeeded Christian Dürr as chairman of the FDP’s parliamentary group.