Simone Peter
{{Short description|German politician (born 1965)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Simone Peter 2014.jpg
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| name = Simone Peter
| office1 = Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
| term_start1 = October 2013
|alongside1 = Cem Özdemir
| term_end1 = January 2018
| predecessor1 = Claudia Roth
| successor1 = Annalena Baerbock
| office2 = Member of the Saarland State parliament
| term_start2 = March 2012
| term_end2 = November 2013
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|12|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Quierschied, West Germany
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| death_place =
| alma_mater = University of Saarland
| occupation = Politician
| spouse = Andreas Heiser
| party = Alliance '90/The Greens
| children = 1
| religion =
| website =
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Simone Peter (born 3 December 1965) is a German Alliance 90/The Greens politician. Between 2013 and 2018, she co-chaired the party along with Cem Özdemir.
Political career
Between 2009 and 2012, she was Saarland's State Minister for the Environment, Energy and Transport in the cabinet of former Minister-President Peter Müller (CDU).{{cite web|url=http://www.sol.de/titelseite/topnews/Gruene-Jamaika-Koalition-Regierung-Saarland-Simone-Peter-Umwelt-Ministerin-Simone-Peter-soll-Saar-Umweltministerin-werden;art26205,3131167|title=Simone Peter soll Saar-Umweltministerin werden|last=SOL|publisher=}}
Peter served as a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017. In the unsuccessful negotiations to form a coalition government with the Christian Democrats – both the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) – and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2017 national elections, Peter was part of the 14-member delegation of the Green Party.
Life after politics
Since February 2018, Peter has been serving as chairwoman of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE).[https://www.bee-ev.de/home/presse/mitteilungen/detailansicht/simone-peter-wird-neue-bee-praesidentin/ Simone Peter wird neue BEE-Präsidentin] German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), press release of February 21, 2018.Michael Bauchmüller (February 21, 2018), [http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/ex-vorsitzende-der-gruenen-simone-peter-wird-lobbyistin-1.3877945 Simone Peter wird Lobbyistin] Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Other activities
- ZDF, Member of the Television Board
- Arte, Member of the Programme Advisory Board
- German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND)
- Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Member
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
Personal life
Peter is the daughter of SPD politician Brunhilde Peter, who served as State minister and vice Minister-President under Oskar Lafontaine. Raised in Dillingen, Peter studied microbiology at Universität des Saarlandes in Saarbrücken and received a PhD.
After being editor-in-chief of Eurosolar, she was founding director of a state-supported communications agency promoting Renewable energies. Today, she is married and mother of one child and lives in Saarbrücken.{{cite web|url=http://fraktion.gruene-saar.de/index.php?page=dr-simone-peter|title=Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen - Fraktion im Landtag des Saarlandes|publisher=}}
References
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External links
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- [https://archive.today/20130928021922/http://www.landtag-saar.de/AbgeordneteFraktionen/_Layouts/Profilseite/Steckbrief.aspx?account=LDS%5Cspeter Profile of Simone Pater in the Saarland Landtag] {{in lang|de}}
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Category:Members of the Landtag of Saarland
Category:Alliance 90/The Greens politicians
Category:Leaders of political parties in Germany
Category:People from Saarbrücken (district)
Category:Women members of state parliaments in Germany
Category:21st-century German women politicians
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