CV

• Born on 19 January 1968 in Dessau.

• 1974 to 1984
  Attended polytechnical secondary school, Dessau

• 1984 to 1986
  Trained as an animal technician

• 1986 to 1988
  Worked as a mail carrier

• 1986 to 1988
  Evening school and Abitur (university entrance qualification) at the Philanthropinum, Dessau

• 1988 to 1993
  Studied agricultural sciences at Humboldt University, Berlin

• 1990
  Founding member of the Green Party in the GDR

• 1993 to 1994
  Member of the State Executive of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in Saxony-Anhalt

• 1993 to 1994
  Secretary of the Citizens/Forum/Greens city council group in Dessau

• 1994 to 2002
  Member of the Bundestag

• 1998 to 2002
  Parliamentary Secretary of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group; Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Committee

• 2002 to 2013
  Secretary General of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

• since September 2013
  Member of the Bundestag

• 2013 to 2021
  Parliamentary Secretary and Spokesperson for Nature Conservation of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group and member of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

• since December 2021
  Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection