born: 1952
married, two children
land list: North Rhine-Westphalia

Office in Berlin
T: +49 30 / 227 - 74519
F: +49 30 / 227 - 76651
baerbel.hoehn@bundestag.de

Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Group
Policy Coordinator, Working Group 2

I was politically schooled during the 1970s by the anti-atomic power, the women's and the peace movements. During the 1980s I was involved with a citizen's initiative to improve day care for pre-schoolers, and from there I went into local politics to fight successfully against the construction of a hazardous waste incinerator. In 1995 I became the first Green agricultural minister and placed consumer protection in the foreground, particularly through the discussion on BSE. In terms of environmental policy I have pushed for the creation of new jobs through the efficient use of resources and the application of renewable energy and raw materials. In 2000 I also became responsible for one-world policy and began to support fair trade and raise awareness on the issue here in Germany.

Committees

• Committee on Environmental Protection and Reactor Safety (alt. m.)

• Committee on Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (alt. m.)

Political CV

• Politically active in the citizen's initiative Parent's Association of Oberhausen Kindergartens, later in the Women's Forum and the Citizen's Initiative Against Hazardous Waste Incineration (from 1981)

• Member of the Green Party since 1985

• Member of Oberhausen Council (1985-89)

• Entered the provincial legislature of North Rhine-Westfalia (NRW) 1990

• Spokeswoman of the Greens in the provincial legislature (1990-95)

• Member of the Green Länder council (1991-97)

• Member of the Alliance 90/The Greens national party council (since 1999)

• Minister of the environment, regional planning and agriculture (1995-00)

• NRW minister of environmental protection, agriculture and consumer protection (2000-05)

• Member of the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group in the provincial legislature of NRW (since 2005)