Ramona Pop | |
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Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin | |
In office 8 December 2016 –20 December 2021 Servingwith Klaus Lederer | |
Governing Mayor | Michael Müller |
Preceded by | Dilek Kalayci |
Succeeded by | Bettina Jarasch |
Senator for Economics,Energy and Business of Berlin | |
In office 8 December 2016 –20 December 2021 | |
Governing Mayor | Michael Müller |
Preceded by | Cornelia Yzer |
Succeeded by | Stephan Schwarz |
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin | |
In office 21 October 2011 –4 November 2021 | |
Constituency | Mitte 1 (2011–21) List (2001–11) |
Personal details | |
Born | Timișoara,Romania | 31 October 1977
Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
Ramona Pop (born 31 October 1977) is a Romanian-born German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens party who has been serving as chairwoman of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) since 2022. [1] She previously served as a deputy mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economy,Energy,and Enterprises (Senatorin für Wirtschaft,Energie und Betriebe) from 2016 until 2021. [2]
Pop was born in Timișoara,and grew up in Romania until her family,of mixed Romanian and Romanian German origin,moved to Germany in 1988. [3] In 1997 she completed high school. Pop studied political science in Münster and later at the Free University Berlin,graduating from its Otto-Suhr-Institut.
Pop has been a member of the Green party since 1997. In the 2001 state elections,she was elected into the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. [4] In parliament,she first served as the Green Party’s parliamentary group on youth policies. From 2009,she led the parliamentary group alongside Volker Ratzmann. Pop succeeded Renate Künast as leading candidate after Künast had made mistakes in the election campaign for 2011 Berlin state elections. [5]
As one of her state's representatives at the Bundesrat,Pop served on the Committee on Economic Affairs.
Pop was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017. [6]
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