Robert Habeck (German: [ˈʁoːbɛʁt ˈhaːbɛk] ; born 2 September 1969) is a German writer and former politician (Alliance 90/The Greens) who served as Vice Chancellor of Germany, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and as a Member of the German Bundestag for Flensburg, Schleswig from 2021 to 2025. From 2018 to 2022, he also served as.