Simone Peter
| Simone Peter | |
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| Green Party Group Leader | |
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In office March 2012 – August 2012 | |
| Member of the Saarland State parliament | |
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In office March 2012 – November 2013 | |
| Leader of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | |
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Assumed office October 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 December 1965 Quierschied, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
Simone Peter (born 3 December 1965 in Quierschied) is a German Alliance '90/The Greens politician. Since October 2013, she has been co-chair of the German political party Alliance '90/The Greens, together with Cem Özdemir. She is also a member of Saarland's federal state parliament.[1] Between 2009 and 2012, she was Saarland's State Minister for the Environment, Energy and Transport in the cabinet of former Minister-President Peter Müller (CDU).[2]
Personal life
Simone Peter is the daughter of SPD politician Brunhilde Peter, who served as State minister and vice Minister-President under Oskar Lafontaine. Raised in Dillingen, Peter studied microbiology in Saarbrücken and received a PhD.
After being editor-in-chief of Eurosolar, she was founding director of a state-supported communications agency promoting Renewable energies. Today, she is married and mother of one child and lives in Saarbrücken.[3]
Other activities
- ZDF, Member of the Television Board
- Arte, Member of the Programme Advisory Board
- German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND)
- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Member
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simone Peter. |
- Profile of Simone Pater in the Saarland Landtag (in German)