Katharina Beck

Katharina Beck
Member of the Bundestag
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Personal details
Born	(1982-04-13) 13 April 1982 (age 43) Düsseldorf
Nationality	German
Party	Alliance 90/The Greens

Katharina Beck (born 1982) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens). She was elected member of the German Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election. ^{[1] [2]} She was a list candidate for the Green Party in Hamburg and nominally represents the Hamburg-Nord electoral district. ^{[2] [3]}

Early life and education

Beck was born to a family of bakers in Düsseldorf in 1982 and grew up in Duisburg. ^[1] While her parents both attended university, she described her family as very down-to-earth. ^[1] She studied Latin American studies at the University of Cologne and the National University of Tucumán. ^[4]

Early career

After graduating, Beck was President of oikos International from 2007 to 2009 and worked at the Institute for Social Banking from 2009 to 2011.

Beck worked as a management consultant, specialising in sustainability, at Accenture before her election as MP. ^{[1] [4]}

Political career

Beck joined the Greens at the age of 27 in 2009. ^[1] Katharina Fegebank, later second mayor of Hamburg, became her mentor in 2012. ^[1] She became chair of the Green's federal working party on economic and financial affairs and speaker of working party chairs. ^[5]

Beck has been politically active in Hamburg in the district association Hamburg-Nord since 2011. She was the spokeswoman for all 25 federal working groups of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen as well as the spokeswoman for the federal working group for economic afffairs and finance. ^{[6] [7] [8]} From 2017 to 2021 she was a member of the Economic Advisory Council of the Green Party's parliamentary group in the Bundestag. ^[9]

In 2021 Beck ran as a direct candidate for the district of Hamburg-Nord and as a top candidate for list number 1 of the Hamburg Greens and entered the Bundestag via the state list. ^{[10] [11]}

Other activities

• Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2025) ^[12]
• KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2022) ^[13]

Political positions

One of Beck's main political goals is for the success of companies to be measured not only by profit, but social and environmental indicators. ^[1] She said that she aims to increase the Green Party's economic expertise and standing. ^[5]

She counts Jacinda Ardern, Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among her political role models. ^[1]

References

1. Witte genannt Vedder, Julia (24 August 2021). "Grünen-Spitzenkandidatin: 'Kein CEO will die Welt kaputt machen'". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
2. "Hamburgs Grüne sehen sich nach Bundestagswahl in guter Position". Norddeutscher Rundfunk . 29 September 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
3. "Katharina Beck". gruene-bundestag.de. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
4. "Werdegang & Privates". katharina-beck.de. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
5. Joana, Lehner (6 November 2021). "Diese ehemalige Unternehmensberaterin sitzt künftig für die Grünen im Bundestag". Business Insider . Retrieved 6 November 2021.
6. BAG Wirtschaft & Finanzen. "Wer wir sind › BAG Wirtschaft & Finanzen" (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
7. "Katharina Beck" (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
8. Julia Witte genannt Vedder (24 August 2021), "Grünen-Spitzenkandidatin: 'Kein CEO will die Welt kaputt machen'", Die Welt (in German), retrieved 1 November 2021
9. "Katharina Beck". Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
10. "Nach Warnung von CDU-Chef: Hamburger Grüne fordert Ploß heraus". MOPO (in German). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
11. "'Ich habe Bock auf den Job': Diese Hamburgerin will als Grünen-Spitze in den Bundestag". MOPO (in German). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
12. Mitglieder von fünf Gremien gewählt Bundestag, press release of 25 September 2025.
13. Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees KfW.