Julia Verlinden Explained

Julia Verlinden
Office:Member of the Bundestag
for Lower Saxony
Term Start:26 September 2021
Birth Date:1979 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany
Party:Greens
Nationality:German
Alma Mater:University of Lüneburg

Julia Verlinden (born 18 January 1979) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.[1]

Early life and career

Verlinden grew up near Cologne. She studied environmental sciences at the University of Lüneburg from 1998 to 2005 and graduated with a diploma. From 2006 to December 2012 she was a research associate at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) in Dessau. From January 2013 until she moved to the Bundestag in October 2013, she headed the Energy Efficiency Division at the Federal Environment Agency.

Political career

Verlinden became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] From 2013 to 2021, she was a member of the Committee for Economic Affairs and Energy and served as her parliamentary group's spokesperson for energy policy.[3] [4]

Since 2021, Verlinden has been serving as one of her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of co-chairs Britta Haßelmann and Katharina Dröge.[5]

Verlinden contested Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg in 2013, 2017 and 2021.

Other activities

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Julia Verlinden Abgeordnetenwatch. www.abgeordnetenwatch.de. de. 2020-03-17.
  2. Web site: Infos zur Person. Bundestagsfraktion. Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. de-DE. 2020-03-17.
  3. Web site: German Bundestag - Economic Affairs and Energy. German Bundestag. en. 2020-03-17.
  4. Web site: Die fachpolitischen SprecherInnen. Bundestagsfraktion. Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. de-DE. 2020-03-17.
  5. https://www.gruene-bundestag.de/presse/pressestatements/gruene-bundestagsfraktion-waehlt-fraktionsvorstand-1 Grüne Bundestagsfraktion wählt Fraktionsvorstand
  6. https://www.agora-energiewende.de/de/ueber-uns/rat-der-agora/ Council
  7. https://www.deneff.org/ueber-die-deneff/beirat.html Parliamentary Advisory Board