Julia Hamburg
{{Short description|German politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Julia Hamburg
|image = Hamburg, Julia Willie.jpg
|office = Deputy Minister-President of Lower-Saxony
|1blankname = {{nowrap|Minister-President}}
|1namedata = Stephan Weil
|term_start = 8 November 2022
|term_end =
|predecessor = Bernd Althusmann
|successor =
}}
Julia Willie Hamburg (born 26 June 1986){{cite web |url=https://www.fraktion.gruene-niedersachsen.de/fraktion/abgeordnete/julia-willie-hamburg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303224508/https://www.fraktion.gruene-niedersachsen.de/fraktion/abgeordnete/julia-willie-hamburg.html |title=Julia Wille Hamburg |publisher=Fraktion Grüne im Landtag Niedersachsen |archive-date=3 March 2017 |language=de }}{{cite web |url=https://www.landtag-niedersachsen.de/abgeordnete-und-fraktionen/abgeordnete/details/julia-willie-hamburg/ |title= Julia Willie Hamburg: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen |publisher=Landtag Niedersachsen |language=de |access-date=28 September 2022 }} is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens, serving as the Deputy Minister-President of Lower Saxony and the State Minister for Education and Culture. Before that she served as the leader of the party's group in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony.
Early life and education
Born and educated in Hanover, Hamburg studied political science, German philology and philosophy at the University of Göttingen. She finished her studies without a degree.
Political career
Hamburg joined the Greens in 2007 and a year later became speaker of the youth wing of the party in the state of Lower Saxony.{{cite news |author=Xenia Pfeifer |url=https://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/niedersachsen/julia-hamburg-die-gruenen-werdegang-freund-kinder-privat-niedersachsen-wahlen-91756583.html |title=Freund, Kinder, Hobbys: Was über die Grünen-Politikerin Julia Hamburg bekannt ist |newspaper=Kreiszeitung |date=1 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022 |language=de }} In 2011 she became deputy head of the party in the state. In the January 2013 election, she was elected to the state Landtag as its youngest member, and the following month was elected as joint state party head with {{ill|Jan Haude|de}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/landtagswahl_niedersachsen_2013/gruene359.html |title=Die Grünen haben eine neue Landesvorsitzende |publisher=Norddeutscher Rundfunk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130219042727/http://www.ndr.de/regional/niedersachsen/landtagswahl_niedersachsen_2013/gruene359.html |archive-date=19 February 2013 |url-status=dead |date=17 February 2013 |language=de }} She withdrew from the party position a year later with pregnancy-related health problems; she resumed her seat in the Landtag in July 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.fraktion.gruene-niedersachsen.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/meldung/artikel/gruene-freude-ueber-die-rueckkehr-von-julia-willie-hamburg.html |title=Grüne: Freude über die Rückkehr von Julia Willie Hamburg |url-status=dead |type=press release |publisher=Fraktion Grüne im Landtag Niedersachsen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710014030/https://www.fraktion.gruene-niedersachsen.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/meldung/artikel/gruene-freude-ueber-die-rueckkehr-von-julia-willie-hamburg.html |date=8 July 2014 |archive-date=10 July 2014 |language=de }}{{cite news |author=Lars Laue |url=https://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/niedersachsen/artikel/landtagswahl-niedersachsen-2022-julia-hamburg-will-an-die-macht-43183643 |title=Julia Hamburg (Grüne) radelt nach Krankheit Richtung Regierungsamt |newspaper=Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung |date=17 September 2022 |url-access=registration |language=de }} In March 2020 she was chosen to head her party's delegation in the Landtag, becoming leader of the opposition.
=Career in state government=
In January 2022, the Greens declared Hamburg and Christian Meyer their lead candidates for the state election in October 2022.{{cite news |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/Landtagswahl-Hamburg-und-Meyer-bilden-Spitzenduo-der-Gruenen,gruene1506.html |title=Landtagswahl: Hamburg und Meyer bilden Spitzenduo der Grünen |publisher=Norddeutscher Rundfunk |date=19 January 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022 |language=de }} A misspelling of the state's name on her election posters attracted publicity.{{cite news |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/hannover_weser-leinegebiet/Rechtschreibfehler-im-Wahlplakat-der-Gruenen-Spitzenkandidatin,juliawilliehamburg106.html |title=Grüne starten mit Missgeschick in Landtagswahlkampf |publisher=Norddeutscher Rundfunk |date=10 August 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022 |language=de }} After a gain of seats in the election, the Greens formed a government in coalition with the Social Democrats.{{cite news |author=Peter Fahrenholz |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/niedersachsen-koalitionsverhandlungen-rot-gruen-posten-1.5682211 |title=Niedersachsen: in Windeseile zu Rot-Grün |newspaper=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=26 October 2022 |access-date=28 October 2022 |language=de }}
As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, Hamburg serves on the Committee on Education. She is also a member of the German-Polish Friendship Group set up in cooperation with the Senate of Poland.[https://www.bundesrat.de/SharedDocs/personen/DE/laender/ni/hamburg-julia-willie.html Julia Hamburg] Bundesrat.
Other activities
- Volkswagen, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022)Dirk Fisser (1 November 2022), [https://www.noz.de/deutschland-welt/niedersachsen/artikel/niedersachsen-fuenf-ueberraschungen-zur-neuen-landesregierung-43481244 Grüne Kultusministerin Hamburg soll für Niedersachsen in den VW-Aufsichtsrat] Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
- FC St. Pauli, MemberXenia Pfeifer (19 October 2022), [https://www.hna.de/niedersachsen/landtagswahl-niedersachsen-ere808941/julia-hamburg-spitzenkandidatin-gruenen-landtagswahlen-niedersachsen-buendnis-90-91756518.html Freund, Kinder, Werdegang: Das wissen wir über Grünen-Politikerin Julia Hamburg] Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine.
Personal life
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Julia Willie Hamburg|Julia Hamburg}}
- [https://julia-hamburg.de/ Official website]
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Category:21st-century German politicians
Category:21st-century German women politicians
Category:Politicians from Hanover
Category:Women opposition leaders