Mona Neubaur
MdL MdBR
Deputy Minister-President of
North Rhine-Westphalia
Assumed office
29 June 2022
Preceded byJoachim Stamp
Minister for Economics, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia
Assumed office
29 June 2022
Preceded byAndreas Pinkwart
Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
for Düsseldorf I
Assumed office
1 June 2022
Personal details
Born (1977-07-01) 1 July 1977
Pöttmes, Bavaria, West Germany (now Germany)
Political partyGreens (1999–)
Alma materUniversity 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]

Early life and career

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]

Political career

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]

Other activities

Corporate boards

  • NRW.BANK, Ex-Officio member of the supervisory board (since 2022)[9]

Non-profit organizations

Political positions

Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Neubaur publicly endorsed incumbent Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democrats.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Mona Neubaur | GRÜNE NRW". gruene-nrw.de. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Pascal Beucker, Anja Krüger and Andreas Wyputta (16 May 2022), Grüner Triumph in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Mona, die Königsmacherin Die Tageszeitung.
  3. ↑ Andreas Wyputta (13 December 2021), Grüne Spitzenkandidatin in NRW: Aus Bayern nach Düsseldorf Die Tageszeitung.
  4. ↑ Andreas Wyputta (13 December 2021), Grüne Spitzenkandidatin in NRW: Aus Bayern nach Düsseldorf Die Tageszeitung.
  5. ↑ Pascal Beucker, Anja Krüger and Andreas Wyputta (16 May 2022), Grüner Triumph in Nordrhein-Westfalen: Mona, die Königsmacherin Die Tageszeitung.
  6. ↑ Arne Lieb (18 June 2018), Persönlich: Mona Neubaur Rheinische Post.
  7. ↑ Landesparteitag: NRW-Grüne bestätigen Doppelspitze Neubaur und Banaszak Rheinische Post, 16 June 2018.
  8. ↑ 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members Bundestag.
  9. ↑ Executive Bodies NRW.BANK.
  10. ↑ General Assembly Heinrich Böll Foundation.
  11. ↑ Tobias Blasius (4 January 2022), NRW-Grüne begrüßen zweite Amtszeit für Steinmeier Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.


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