Carsten Träger

Carsten Träger (born 25 October 1973) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.^[1]

Carsten Träger
Träger in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Personal details
Born	(1973-10-25) 25 October 1973 (age 51) Fürth, West Germany (now Germany)
Political party	SPD

In addition to his work in parliament, Träger has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Climate Protection and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since 2025.^[2]

Political career

Träger first became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.^[3] He is a member of the Committee on Food and Agriculture and the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.^[4][5] Since 2018, he has been his parliamentary group's spokesperson on environmental policy.

In addition to his committee assignments, Träger has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019. Since 2022, he has been one of the founding members of a cross-party group promoting a One Health approach.^[6]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Träger was part of the working group on energy, climate protection and the environment, led by Armin Laschet, Georg Nüßlein and Barbara Hendricks.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Träger was part of his party's delegation in the working group on environmental policy, co-chaired by Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Steffi Lemke and Stefan Birkner.^[7]

Within the SPD parliamentary group, Träger and Carolin Wagner have been leading the Bundestag group of SPD parliamentarians from Bavaria since 2023.^[8]

Other activities

• German Foundation for Consumer Protection (DSV), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)^[9]
• Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)^[10]
• German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2019)^[11]
• International Academy for Nature Conservation (INA), Member of the Advisory Board^[12]