Mona Neubaur | |
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Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Assumed office 29 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Joachim Stamp |
Minister for Economics, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Assumed office 29 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Andreas Pinkwart |
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia for Düsseldorf I | |
Assumed office 1 June 2022 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pöttmes, Bavaria, West Germany (now Germany) | 1 July 1977
Political party | Greens (1999–) |
Alma mater | University of Düsseldorf |
Mona Neubaur (born 1 July 1977) is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as Deputy Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia and also as State Minister for Economics, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy in the second cabinet of Minister-President Hendrik Wüst since 29 June 2022. She was previously the leader of her party in North Rhine-Westphalia.[1]
Born to a nurse,[2] Neubaur grew up in Pöttmes. In 1997 she moved to Düsseldorf to study education, sociology and psychology.[3]
From 2007 to 2014, Neubaur worked for the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Düsseldorf.[4]
Neubau joined the Green Party in 1999.[5] From 2007 to 2015, she served as chairwoman of the Green Party in Düsseldorf.[6]
From 2014 to 2022, Neubaur served as co-chair of the Green Party in North Rhine-Westphalia, alongside Sven Lehmann (2014–2018) and Felix Banaszak (2018–2022).[7]
Neubaur was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[8]
Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Neubaur publicly endorsed incumbent Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democrats.[11]