Franz-josef Holzenkamp
Deputy Chairman
envitec
Germany
Biography
Born in Friesoythe, Lower Saxony, Franz-Josef Holzenkamp has been an agricultural entrepreneur since 1987. Following his apprenticeship in industrial management at Siemens and completion of his training to become a state-certified agricultural manager at the College of Agriculture in Cloppenburg, he soon achieved early successes in politics. He was Chair of the Cloppenburg District Farmers’ Association from 1993 to 2006 and Vice-President of the Lower Saxony State Farmers’ Association from 2002 to 2013. Franz-Josef Holzenkamp has been an elected Member of the German Bundestag since 2005. The CDU politician was also active from 2006 to 2012 as Chair of the CDU’s Emstek Municipal Association; he was appointed Chair of the CDU’s Cloppenburg District Association in 2008. He has assisted the Chair of the CDU’s Oldenburg State Association since 2009
Research Interest
business and management
