Rainer Baake

Having worked as a community organiser in Chicago, Rainer Baake studied economics (degree “Diplom-Volkswirt”) in Marburg.

Professional career

• 1985 – 1991
  First district councillor for Marburg-Biedenkopf
• 1991 – 1998
  State Secretary at the Ministry for Environment, Energy and Federal Affairs of the state of Hesse
• 1998 – 2005
  State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
• 2006 – 2012
  Federal managing director of German Environmental Aid (NGO)
• 2012 – 2013
  Executive Director of Agora Energiewende
• Since January 2014
  State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy