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| Affiliation | Alliance '90/The Greens |
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| Name | Renate Künast |
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, Berlin , Germany |
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December 15, 1955
(69 years)
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| Info | Renate Künast (born December 15, 1955) is the German Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture since 2001.
She was born in Recklinghausen (North Rhine-Westphalia). She studied social work in Düsseldorf and worked from 1977 to 1979 in this profession in a jailhouse in Berlin. After that she studied law until 1985 and worked as lawyer.
Since 1979, she's been a member of the German Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), first in the Alternative List in West Berlin. In the 1990s she was member of parliament and chairperson of the greens in the parliament of Berlin. From June 2000 to March 2001 she was chairwoman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen on the national level. Since her party does not allow the combination of functions in the party and the government in one person, she resigned with her becoming minister in the first Gerhard Schröder coalition in 2001. Since then she's the German Minister for Consumer protection, Agriculture, Food & Nutrition, known for her project of increasing the market shares of organic farms and organic food.
Renate Künast
Portrait of Renate Künast
Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen [Alliance 90/The Greens])
Born on 15 December 1955 in Recklinghausen
Studied social work at Düsseldorf Polytechnic
1977-1979
Social work at the youth correctional facility JVA Berlin-Tegel
Law degree, qualified as a lawyer in 1985
Involvement in the German anti nuclear power movement (Anti-AKW-Bewegung)
Citizen of the Free Republic of Wendland
Since 1979
Member of the West Berlin Alternative List
Alliance 90/TheGreens Group Chairwoman during the Red-Green Coalition in Berlin
Then Member of the Berlin Senate, sometimes Legal Policy Spokeswoman and Parliamentary Party Chair of BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN
From 24 June 2000 to 9 March 2001
National Chair of BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN
Since 12 January 2001
Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
22 October 2002
Reappointment as Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
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