Simone Peter

German politician (born 1965)

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Simone Peter


Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
In office October 2013 – January 2018 Serving with Cem Özdemir
Preceded by	Claudia Roth
Succeeded by	Annalena Baerbock
Member of the Saarland State parliament
In office March 2012 – November 2013

Personal details
Born	(1965-12-03) 3 December 1965 (age 58) Quierschied, West Germany
Political party	Alliance '90/The Greens
Spouse	Andreas Heiser
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Saarland
Occupation	Politician

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).^[1]

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).^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

References

^ SOL. "Simone Peter soll Saar-Umweltministerin werden".
^ Simone Peter wird neue BEE-Präsidentin German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE), press release of February 21, 2018.
^ Michael Bauchmüller (February 21, 2018), Simone Peter wird Lobbyistin Süddeutsche Zeitung.
^ "Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen - Fraktion im Landtag des Saarlandes".