Katrin Göring-Eckardt
Katrin Dagmar Göring-Eckardt (born Katrin Dagmar Eckardt; 3 May 1966) is a German politician of the German Green Party (officially known as Alliance 90/The Greens). Starting her political activity in the now-former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in the late 1980s, she has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1998. She became co-chair of her party caucus in the Bundestag (2002–2005) and the Greens' Vice President of the Bundestag on 18 October 2005, a position that she held until 2013 and would later reprise in 2021. In the November 2012 primary election, the Green Party chose her and Jürgen Trittin as the top two candidates for the Greens for the 2013 German federal election. She also stood as joint top candidate for the Greens in the 2017 German federal election, alongside Cem Özdemir.
Katrin Göring-Eckardt | |
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| Vice President of the Bundestag (on proposal of the Alliance 90/The Greens-group) | |
| Assumed office 9 December 2021 | |
| President | Bärbel Bas |
| Preceded by | Claudia Roth |
| In office 18 October 2005 – 22 October 2013 | |
| President | Norbert Lammert |
| Preceded by | Antje Vollmer |
| Succeeded by | Claudia Roth |
| Leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens in the Bundestag | |
| In office 8 October 2013 – 7 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Renate Künast |
| Succeeded by | Britta Haßelmann |
| In office 27 October 2002 – 18 October 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Rezzo Schlauch |
| Succeeded by | Renate Künast |
| Member of the Bundestag for Thuringia | |
| Assumed office 27 October 1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Katrin Dagmar Eckardt 3 May 1966 Friedrichroda, Bezirk Erfurt, East Germany |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Profession | Politician |
| Website | goering-eckardt |
Between 2009 and 2013, Göring-Eckardt served as praeses of the synod of the Evangelical Church in Germany (German: Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland, abbreviated EKD) and thus as member of the Council of the EKD. However, during the federal election campaign in 2013 she stepped down from her office in the EKD.