Cem Özdemir is a German politician of the German political party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Alliance '90/The Greens). Between 2008 and 2018, Özdemir served as co-chair of the Green Party. He has been a Member of the German Bundestag since 2013 and he was a Member of the German Bundestag between 1994 and 2002 and of the European Parliament between 2004 and 2009. He was standing as one of the top two Greens candidates for the 2017 German federal election. Born 21 December 1965.