Simone Peter

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.

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Quick Facts Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, Preceded by ...

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 59) Quierschied, West Germany
Political party	Alliance '90/The Greens
Spouse	Andreas Heiser
Children	1
Alma mater	University of Saarland
Occupation	Politician

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.

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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]

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Political career

Life after politics

Other activities

Personal life

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