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The
German Green Party Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (fo ...
(''Bündnis 90/Die Grünen'') has been present in the
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parliament (
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) continuously since 29 March 1983 as a parliamentarian party.


10th Bundestag (1983–1987)

Scoring 5.6% in the federal parliamentary elections in 1983, the Greens entered the
Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...
for the first time with a total of 28 seats. Faction members were rotated after two years in 1985 (with the exception of
Petra Kelly Petra Karin Kelly (29 November 1947 – 1 October 1992) was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence both nationally in Germany and wor ...
and
Gert Bastian Gert Bastian (26 March 1923 – presumably 1 October 1992) was a German military officer and politician with the German Green Party. Biography Born in Munich, Bastian volunteered for the Wehrmacht in 1941, at the age of nineteen. In World War I ...
), but the concept was abolished in May 1986 again. The executive board, elected by faction members on 3 April 1984, consisted of
Annemarie Borgmann Annemarie (or Annamarie, Annmarie) is a Danish, Dutch and German feminine given name. It is merging of the names Anne and Marie. Notable people named Annemarie * Annemarie Biechl (born 1949), German politician * Annemarie Bischofberger (born 19 ...
, Waltraud Schoppe,
Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer (born 31 May 1943) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 1994 to 2005, she was one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the ''Bundestag''. Education and early career Vollmer was born in Lübbeck ...
,
Christa Nickels Christa Nickels (née Kleuters; born 29 July 1952) is a German former politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Health in the First Schröder cabinet. She was Member of the German B ...
, Heidemarie Dann and Erika Hickel. The members of the faction were: * Hendrik Auhagen (1985–1987) * Sabine Bard (1983–1985) *
Gert Bastian Gert Bastian (26 March 1923 – presumably 1 October 1992) was a German military officer and politician with the German Green Party. Biography Born in Munich, Bastian volunteered for the Wehrmacht in 1941, at the age of nineteen. In World War I ...
(1983–1987, not a member of the faction from 1984 to 1986) *
Marieluise Beck Marieluise Beck (born 25 June 1952) is a German politician who served as member of the Alliance '90/The Greens group in the Bundestag until 2017. She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Education Beck studie ...
(1983–1985) * Dieter Burgmann (1983–1985) *
Annemarie Borgmann Annemarie (or Annamarie, Annmarie) is a Danish, Dutch and German feminine given name. It is merging of the names Anne and Marie. Notable people named Annemarie * Annemarie Biechl (born 1949), German politician * Annemarie Bischofberger (born 19 ...
(1985–1987) * Eberhard Bueb (1985–1987) * Heidemarie Dann (1985–1987) *
Dieter Drabiniok Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Given name *Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician * ...
(1983–1985) *
Wolfgang Ehmke Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and ''gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regula ...
(1983–1985) * Uschi Eid (1985–1987) *
Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born 12 April 1948) is a German retired politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice-chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fis ...
(1983–1985) * Ulrich Fischer (1986–1987) * Horst Fritsch (1986–1987) * Gabriele Gottwald (1983–1985) * Klaus Hecker (1983) * Erika Hickel (1983–1985) * Hannegret Hönes (1985–1987) * Milan Horacek (1983–1985, successor of Klaus Hecker) * Willi Hoss (1983–1985) * Gert Jannsen (1983–1985) *
Petra Kelly Petra Karin Kelly (29 November 1947 – 1 October 1992) was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence both nationally in Germany and wor ...
(1983–1987) * Hubert Kleinert (1983–1986) * Julius Kriszan (1983–1985) * Torsten Lange (1985–1987) * Norbert Mann (1985–1987) * Joachim Müller (1985–1987) *
Christa Nickels Christa Nickels (née Kleuters; born 29 July 1952) is a German former politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Health in the First Schröder cabinet. She was Member of the German B ...
(1983–1985) * Gabriele Potthast (1983–1985) * Jürgen Reents (1983–1985) * Christa Reetz (1983–1985) *
Herbert Rusche Herbert Ludwig Rusche (born 6 May 1952 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German politician and LGBT activist. Rusche was born in Bad Neuenahr. In his childhood, he lived in three cities. After his schooling, he lived in Kai ...
(1985–1987) * Walter Sauermilch (1983–1985) * Henning Schierholz (1985–1987) *
Otto Schily Otto Georg Schily (born 20 July 1932) is a former Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany, his tenure was from 1998 to 2005, in the cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Earl ...
(1983–1986) * Christian Schmidt (1985–1987) * Dirk Schneider (1983–1985) * Waltraud Schoppe (1983–1985) * Walter Schwenninger (1983–1985) * Stefan Schulte (1985–1987) * Hans-Werner Senfft (1985–1987) * Eckhard Stratmann (1983–1985) *
Hans-Christian Ströbele Hans-Christian Ströbele (; 7 June 1939 – 29 August 2022) was a German politician and lawyer. He was a member of Alliance 90/The Greens, the German green party. Education and early career Ströbele was born on 7 June 1939 in Halle, Saale, t ...
(1985–1987) * Heinz Suhr (1985–1987) * Willi Tatge (1986–1987) * Udo Tischer (1985–1987, left the faction in 1986) * Hans Verheyen (1983–1985) * Axel Vogel (1985–1987) *
Roland Vogt Roland Vogt (; 17 February 1941 – 20 May 2018) was a German politician. He was the first member of the German Green Party to be elected to the Bundestag from Rhineland-Palatinate. Vogt was born in Gelnhausen, Hesse-Nassau. He studied law and ...
(1983–1985) *
Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer (born 31 May 1943) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 1994 to 2005, she was one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the ''Bundestag''. Education and early career Vollmer was born in Lübbeck ...
(1983–1985) * Ludger Volmer (1985–1987) * Marita Wagner (1985–1987) * Gerd Werner (1985–1987) *
Helmut Werner Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth. From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood"). Helmut may refer ...
(1985–1987) * Karin Zeitler (1985–1987)


11th Bundestag (1987–1990)

In the 1987 parliamentary elections, the
Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
managed to increase its share of votes to 8.3%, gaining 44 parliament seats in the process. When the
East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
parliament, the ''Volkskammer'', which was freely elected on 18 March 1990 for the first time, was disbanded in the process of the
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, another 7 seats were added as 7 members of the 21-member ''Volkskammer'' faction of the Green Party, elected by their peers, entered the
Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...
. The members of the faction were: * Marieluise Beck-Oberdorf *
Angelika Beer Angelika Beer (born 24 May 1957 in Kiel) is a German politician. 2004 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. She was chair of the delegation for relations with Iran and a membe ...
* Helga Brahmst-Rock * Hans-Joachim Brauer *
Ulrich Briefs Ulrich Briefs (21 February 1939 – 7 June 2005) was a German politician. Early life He was born in Düsseldorf. Political career In the 1987 West German federal election he was elected in North Rhine-Westphalia on the party list for the ...
(left the faction in 1990) * Wolfgang Daniels * Thomas Ebermann (1987–1989) * Tay Eich (1989–1990) * Uschi Eid * Dora Flinner * Sieglinde Friess (1989–1990) * Charlotte Garbe *
Gerald Häfner Gerald Häfner (born 3 November 1956 in Munich) is a German politician who served as an MEP for Alliance '90/The Greens between 2009 and 2014. He had three separate spells as a member of the Bundestag between 1987 and 2002 (1987-1990, 1994-1998 a ...
* Karitas Hensel * Imma Hillerich * Willi Hoss * Uwe Hüser *
Petra Kelly Petra Karin Kelly (29 November 1947 – 1 October 1992) was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence both nationally in Germany and wor ...
* Hubert Kleinert *
Wilhelm Knabe Wilhelm Knabe (8 October 1923 – 30 January 2021) was a German ecologist, pacifist, civil servant and politician, remembered as a founding member of the Green Party in Germany, and a pioneer of conservation of the environment who shaped the par ...
* Almut Kottwitz (1989–1990) * Matthias Kreuzeder * Verena Krieger (1987–1989) * Helmut Lippelt * Alfred Mechtersheimer * German Meneses-Vogl (1989–1990) *
Christa Nickels Christa Nickels (née Kleuters; born 29 July 1952) is a German former politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Health in the First Schröder cabinet. She was Member of the German B ...
*
Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin (25 February 1941 in Jerusalem) is a German politician, representative of the Social Democratic Party and later in life of Alliance '90/The Greens. She is the sister of Israeli historian Tom Segev. Life Born and raised i ...
* Ellen Olms (1987–1989) * Norbert Roske (1990) * Bärbel Rust * Hannelore Saibold *
Gertrud Schilling Gertrude or Gertrud may refer to: Places In space *Gertrude (crater), a crater on Uranus's moon Titania *710 Gertrud, a minor planet Terrestrial placenames * Gertrude, Arkansas *Gertrude, Washington * Gertrude, West Virginia People *Gertrude (g ...
*
Otto Schily Otto Georg Schily (born 20 July 1932) is a former Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany, his tenure was from 1998 to 2005, in the cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Earl ...
(left the faction in 1989 and became a member of the
SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...
faction) * Marieluise Schmidt (1989–1990) * Regula Schmidt-Bott (1987–1989) * Waltraud Schoppe * Peter Sellin (1987–1989) * Eckhard Stratmann * Manfred Such (1989–1990) * Maria Luise Teubner * Erika Trenz *
Trude Unruh Gertrude Unruh (née Kremer; 7 March 1925 – 30 November 2021), better known as Trude Unruh, was a German politician. Early life Unruh was born in Essen on 7 March 1925. Political career From 1968 to 1973 she was a member of the SPD ...
(left the faction in 1989) * Christa Vennegerts *
Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer (born 31 May 1943) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 1994 to 2005, she was one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the ''Bundestag''. Education and early career Vollmer was born in Lübbeck ...
* Ludger Volmer * Michael Weiß * Dietrich Wetzel * Heike Wilms-Kegel * Lieselotte Wollny *
Thomas Wüppesahl Thomas Wüppesahl (born 9 July 1955 in Hamburg) is a German politician. He is a former member of the Bundestag. He was a member of Alliance '90/The Greens until 1987. His political skills are civil and political rights, domestic policy and the a ...
(left the faction on 26 January 1988)


12th Bundestag (1990–1994)

In 1990, elections were held separately in former
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and
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; in West Germany, the
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did not manage to gain enough votes to enter parliament, only scoring 4.8% instead of the necessary 5%, but in East Germany, the Greens gained a 6.1% share of the votes and 8 seats in the
Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...
. While a green presence in the 12th Bundestag was thus secured, the Greens could not form a faction, instead remaining a "group" (with less rights and a smaller budget). The members of the faction were: * Klaus-Dieter Feige *
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Vera Lengsfeld Vera Lengsfeld (born 4 May 1952) is a German politician. She was a prominent civil rights activist in East Germany and after the German reunification she first represented the Alliance 90/The Greens and then the German Christian Democratic U ...
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*
Christina Schenk Christina may refer to: People * Christina (given name), shared by several people * Christina (surname), shared by several people Places * Christina, Montana, unincorporated community, United States * Christina, British Columbia, Canada * Chris ...
(left the faction in 1994) *
Werner Schulz Werner Gustav Schulz (22 January 1950 – 9 November 2022) was a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens. Trained in food technology at the Humboldt University of Berlin, he worked as a research assistant. He was an activist for peace eco ...
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Wolfgang Ullmann Wolfgang Ullmann (18 August 1929 – 30 July 2004) was a German journalist, theologian, politician. Life Wolfgang Ullmann was born in Bad Gottleuba near Dresden. From 1948 to 1954 he studied Protestant theology and also philosophy, first in B ...
*
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13th Bundestag (1994–1998)

4 years later, in 1994, the Greens managed to recover from their losses again, achieving 7.3% and entering the parliament with 48 seats.
Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer (born 31 May 1943) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 1994 to 2005, she was one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the ''Bundestag''. Education and early career Vollmer was born in Lübbeck ...
, long-time member of the faction, was elected as first Green
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with the help of the CDU faction. The members of the faction included: * Elisabeth Altmann * Gila Altmann *
Marieluise Beck Marieluise Beck (born 25 June 1952) is a German politician who served as member of the Alliance '90/The Greens group in the Bundestag until 2017. She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Education Beck studie ...
* Volker Beck *
Angelika Beer Angelika Beer (born 24 May 1957 in Kiel) is a German politician. 2004 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. She was chair of the delegation for relations with Iran and a membe ...
*
Matthias Berninger Matthias Berninger (born 1971) is a former German politician and member of Alliance 90/The Greens, The Greens from 1993 until 2007. From 2001 to 2005, Berninger served as Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agricult ...
* Annelie Buntenbach * Amke Dietert-Scheuer * Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig * Uschi Eid *
Andrea Fischer Andrea Fischer (born January 14, 1960) is a former member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 was Federal Minister for Health. She dropped out of the Bundestag in 2002. Life Education and profession After ...
*
Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born 12 April 1948) is a German retired politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice-chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fis ...
* Rita Grießhaber *
Gerald Häfner Gerald Häfner (born 3 November 1956 in Munich) is a German politician who served as an MEP for Alliance '90/The Greens between 2009 and 2014. He had three separate spells as a member of the Bundestag between 1987 and 2002 (1987-1990, 1994-1998 a ...
* Antje Hermenau * Kristin Heyne * Ulrike Höfken * Michaele Hustedt * Manuel Kiper * Monika Knoche * Angelika Köster-Loßack *
Steffi Lemke Steffi Lemke (born 19 January 1968) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet ...
*
Vera Lengsfeld Vera Lengsfeld (born 4 May 1952) is a German politician. She was a prominent civil rights activist in East Germany and after the German reunification she first represented the Alliance 90/The Greens and then the German Christian Democratic U ...
(left the faction in 1996 and became a member of the CDU faction) * Helmut Lippelt * Oswald Metzger * Kerstin Müller *
Winfried Nachtwei Winfried Nachtwei (born 15 April 1946 in Wulfen) is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. He is an expert on the Afghanistan conflict and works as a peace and conflict consultant since leaving the Bu ...
*
Christa Nickels Christa Nickels (née Kleuters; born 29 July 1952) is a German former politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Health in the First Schröder cabinet. She was Member of the German B ...
* Egbert Nitsch (1994–1996) *
Cem Özdemir Cem Özdemir (, ; born 21 December 1965) is a German politician who currently serves as Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture since 2021. He is a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. Between 2008 and 2018, Özdemir co-chaired the Gr ...
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Gerd Poppe Gerd or GERD may refer to: * Gerd (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname * Gerd (moon), a moon of Saturn * Gerd Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica * Gastroesophageal reflux disease, a chronic symptom of mucosal damage ...
* Simone Probst * Jürgen Rochlitz * Hannelore Saibold * Christine Scheel * Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk * Rezzo Schlauch * Albert Schmidt * Wolfgang Schmitt * Ursula Schönberger * Waltraud Schoppe *
Werner Schulz Werner Gustav Schulz (22 January 1950 – 9 November 2022) was a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens. Trained in food technology at the Humboldt University of Berlin, he worked as a research assistant. He was an activist for peace eco ...
* Rainder Steenblock (1996–1998) * Marina Steindor * Christian Sterzing * Manfred Such *
Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer (born 31 May 1943) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 1994 to 2005, she was one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the ''Bundestag''. Education and early career Vollmer was born in Lübbeck ...
* Ludger Volmer * Helmut Wilhelm * Margareta Wolf


14th Bundestag (1998–2002)

In 1998, the
Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
suffered slight losses, dropping down to 6.7%, but still managed to gain 47 seats in a larger parliament. For the first time it was possible to form a ''red-green'' government coalition with the election-winning
SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...
. The members of the faction were: * Gila Altmann *
Marieluise Beck Marieluise Beck (born 25 June 1952) is a German politician who served as member of the Alliance '90/The Greens group in the Bundestag until 2017. She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Education Beck studie ...
* Volker Beck *
Angelika Beer Angelika Beer (born 24 May 1957 in Kiel) is a German politician. 2004 to 2009 she was a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. She was chair of the delegation for relations with Iran and a membe ...
*
Matthias Berninger Matthias Berninger (born 1971) is a former German politician and member of Alliance 90/The Greens, The Greens from 1993 until 2007. From 2001 to 2005, Berninger served as Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agricult ...
* Grietje Bettin (2000–2002) * Annelie Buntenbach *
Ekin Deligöz Ekin Deligöz (born 21 April 1971) is a Turkish-German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the coalition g ...
* Amke Dietert-Scheuer (2002) * Thea Dückert * Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig * Uschi Eid *
Hans-Josef Fell Hans-Josef Fell (born 7 January 1952) was a member of the German Parliamentary Group Alliance 90/ the Greens from 1998 to 2013. He served as spokesman on energy for the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group, a member of the Environmental ...
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Andrea Fischer Andrea Fischer (born January 14, 1960) is a former member of the German Bundestag for the German Green Party and from 1998 until 2001 was Federal Minister for Health. She dropped out of the Bundestag in 2002. Life Education and profession After ...
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Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born 12 April 1948) is a German retired politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice-chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fis ...
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Katrin Göring-Eckardt Katrin Dagmar Göring-Eckardt (born Katrin Dagmar Eckardt; 3 May 1966) is a German politician of the German Green Party (officially known as Alliance 90/The Greens). Starting her political activity in the now-former German Democratic Republic (E ...
* Rita Grießhaber *
Gerald Häfner Gerald Häfner (born 3 November 1956 in Munich) is a German politician who served as an MEP for Alliance '90/The Greens between 2009 and 2014. He had three separate spells as a member of the Bundestag between 1987 and 2002 (1987-1990, 1994-1998 a ...
(2001–2002) * Winfried Hermann * Antje Hermenau * Kristin Heyne * Ulrike Höfken * Michaele Hustedt * Monika Knoche * Angelika Köster-Loßack *
Steffi Lemke Steffi Lemke (born 19 January 1968) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet ...
* Helmut Lippelt * Reinhard Loske * Oswald Metzger * Kerstin Müller * Klaus Müller (1998–2000) *
Winfried Nachtwei Winfried Nachtwei (born 15 April 1946 in Wulfen) is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. He is an expert on the Afghanistan conflict and works as a peace and conflict consultant since leaving the Bu ...
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Christa Nickels Christa Nickels (née Kleuters; born 29 July 1952) is a German former politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Health in the First Schröder cabinet. She was Member of the German B ...
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Cem Özdemir Cem Özdemir (, ; born 21 December 1965) is a German politician who currently serves as Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture since 2021. He is a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. Between 2008 and 2018, Özdemir co-chaired the Gr ...
* Simone Probst *
Claudia Roth Claudia Benedikta Roth (born 15 May 1955) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens). She was one of the two party chairs from 2004 to 2013 and previously served as one of the President of the Bundestag, vice presidents of the ''Bundestag'' ...
(1998–2001) * Christine Scheel * Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk * Rezzo Schlauch * Albert Schmidt *
Werner Schulz Werner Gustav Schulz (22 January 1950 – 9 November 2022) was a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens. Trained in food technology at the Humboldt University of Berlin, he worked as a research assistant. He was an activist for peace eco ...
* Christian Simmert * Christian Sterzing *
Hans-Christian Ströbele Hans-Christian Ströbele (; 7 June 1939 – 29 August 2022) was a German politician and lawyer. He was a member of Alliance 90/The Greens, the German green party. Education and early career Ströbele was born on 7 June 1939 in Halle, Saale, t ...
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Jürgen Trittin Jürgen Trittin (born 25 July 1954) is a German Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Green politician. He was Federal Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany), Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and N ...
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Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer (born 31 May 1943) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 1994 to 2005, she was one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the ''Bundestag''. Education and early career Vollmer was born in Lübbeck ...
* Ludger Volmer * Sylvia Voß * Helmut Wilhelm * Margareta Wolf


15th Bundestag (2002–2005)

While the ruling
SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...
suffered substantial losses during the 2002 parliamentary elections and only barely managed to become the biggest faction in the Bundestag, the
Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
gained 1.9 points compared to the 1998 elections, for a total of 8.6%, yielding 55 seats. The members of the faction were: *
Kerstin Andreae Kerstin Andreae (born 21 October 1968) is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who served as Member of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2019. Since leaving politics, she has been serving as managing director of the German Association of Ener ...
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Marieluise Beck Marieluise Beck (born 25 June 1952) is a German politician who served as member of the Alliance '90/The Greens group in the Bundestag until 2017. She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Education Beck studie ...
* Volker Beck * Cornelia Behm * Birgitt Bender *
Matthias Berninger Matthias Berninger (born 1971) is a former German politician and member of Alliance 90/The Greens, The Greens from 1993 until 2007. From 2001 to 2005, Berninger served as Parliamentary Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry of Food, Agricult ...
* Grietje Bettin *
Alexander Bonde Alexander Bonde (born 12 January 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as the secretary-general of the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) since 2018. Early life and education ...
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Ekin Deligöz Ekin Deligöz (born 21 April 1971) is a Turkish-German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the coalition g ...
* Thea Dückert * Jutta Dümpe-Krüger * Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig * Uschi Eid *
Hans-Josef Fell Hans-Josef Fell (born 7 January 1952) was a member of the German Parliamentary Group Alliance 90/ the Greens from 1998 to 2013. He served as spokesman on energy for the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group, a member of the Environmental ...
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Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born 12 April 1948) is a German retired politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice-chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fis ...
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Katrin Göring-Eckardt Katrin Dagmar Göring-Eckardt (born Katrin Dagmar Eckardt; 3 May 1966) is a German politician of the German Green Party (officially known as Alliance 90/The Greens). Starting her political activity in the now-former German Democratic Republic (E ...
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Anja Hajduk Anja Hajduk (born 8 June 1963) is a German psychologist and politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the Scholz cabinet, coalition governme ...
* Winfried Hermann * Antje Hermenau * Peter Hettlich * Ulrike Höfken * Thilo Hoppe * Michaele Hustedt *
Renate Künast Renate Elly Künast (born 15 December 1955) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens party. She was the Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005 and subsequently served as chairwoman of her party's parliame ...
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Fritz Kuhn Fritz Kuhn (born 29 June 1955) is a German politician who served as Mayor of Stuttgart from 2012 until 2021. He was co-chairman of Alliance '90/The Greens, the German Green party, in 2002 and its parliamentary group from 2002 to 2013. Early ...
* Markus Kurth * Undine Kurth * Reinhard Loske *
Anna Lührmann Anna Lührmann (born 14 June 1983 in Lich, Hesse) is a German political science professor and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections. In addition to her work in parl ...
* Jerzy Montag * Kerstin Müller *
Winfried Nachtwei Winfried Nachtwei (born 15 April 1946 in Wulfen) is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. He is an expert on the Afghanistan conflict and works as a peace and conflict consultant since leaving the Bu ...
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Christa Nickels Christa Nickels (née Kleuters; born 29 July 1952) is a German former politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She was Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Health in the First Schröder cabinet. She was Member of the German B ...
* Friedrich Ostendorff * Simone Probst *
Claudia Roth Claudia Benedikta Roth (born 15 May 1955) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens). She was one of the two party chairs from 2004 to 2013 and previously served as one of the President of the Bundestag, vice presidents of the ''Bundestag'' ...
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Krista Sager Krista Sager ( Schuller; born 28 July 1953) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party who served as party co-leader between 1994 and 1996, and co-leader of the Greens group in the Bundestag between 2002 and 2005. Early life and ...
* Christine Scheel * Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk * Rezzo Schlauch * Albert Schmidt *
Werner Schulz Werner Gustav Schulz (22 January 1950 – 9 November 2022) was a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens. Trained in food technology at the Humboldt University of Berlin, he worked as a research assistant. He was an activist for peace eco ...
* Petra Selg * Ursula Sowa * Rainder Steenblock * Silke Stokar *
Hans-Christian Ströbele Hans-Christian Ströbele (; 7 June 1939 – 29 August 2022) was a German politician and lawyer. He was a member of Alliance 90/The Greens, the German green party. Education and early career Ströbele was born on 7 June 1939 in Halle, Saale, t ...
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Jürgen Trittin Jürgen Trittin (born 25 July 1954) is a German Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Green politician. He was Federal Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany), Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and N ...
* Marianne Tritz * Hubert Ulrich * Antje Vogel-Sperl *
Antje Vollmer Antje Vollmer (born 31 May 1943) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. From 1994 to 2005, she was one of the vice presidents of the German parliament, the ''Bundestag''. Education and early career Vollmer was born in Lübbeck ...
* Ludger Volmer * Josef Winkler * Margareta Wolf


16th Bundestag (2005–2009)

The ruling
SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...
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suffered losses during the 2005 parliamentary elections leading to a Grand Coalition between the
SPD The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...
and the CDU/CSU. The
Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation ...
lost four seats to go from 55 to 51 and went into opposition with the FDP and
the Left Party The Left (german: Die Linke; stylised as and in its logo as ), commonly referred to as the Left Party (german: Die Linkspartei, links=no ), is a democratic socialist political party in Germany. The party was founded in 2007 as the result of th ...
. The members of the faction were: *
Kerstin Andreae Kerstin Andreae (born 21 October 1968) is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who served as Member of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2019. Since leaving politics, she has been serving as managing director of the German Association of Ener ...
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Marieluise Beck Marieluise Beck (born 25 June 1952) is a German politician who served as member of the Alliance '90/The Greens group in the Bundestag until 2017. She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Education Beck studie ...
* Cornelia Behm * Birgitt Bender *
Alexander Bonde Alexander Bonde (born 12 January 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as the secretary-general of the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) since 2018. Early life and education ...
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Ekin Deligöz Ekin Deligöz (born 21 April 1971) is a Turkish-German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the coalition g ...
* Thea Dückert * Uschi Eid *
Hans-Josef Fell Hans-Josef Fell (born 7 January 1952) was a member of the German Parliamentary Group Alliance 90/ the Greens from 1998 to 2013. He served as spokesman on energy for the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group, a member of the Environmental ...
* Kai Gehring *
Katrin Göring-Eckardt Katrin Dagmar Göring-Eckardt (born Katrin Dagmar Eckardt; 3 May 1966) is a German politician of the German Green Party (officially known as Alliance 90/The Greens). Starting her political activity in the now-former German Democratic Republic (E ...
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Anja Hajduk Anja Hajduk (born 8 June 1963) is a German psychologist and politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the Scholz cabinet, coalition governme ...
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Britta Haßelmann Britta Haßelmann (born 10 December 1961) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as co-chair of the Green Party’s parliamentary group in the Bundestag since 2021, alongside Katharina Dröge. From 2013 until 2021, ...
* Winfried Hermann * Peter Hettlich *
Priska Hinz Priska may refer to: * Priska Doppmann (born 1971), a Swiss road racing cyclist * Priska Nufer (born 1992), a Swiss alpine ski racer * Priska Madelyn Nugroho (born 2003), an Indonesian tennis player * Priska Polačeková (born 1954), a former Cze ...
* Ulrike Höfken *
Bärbel Höhn Bärbel Höhn (born 4 May 1952) is a German politician for Alliance '90/The Greens. She was elected to the Bundestag in the 2005 national elections, after serving as State Minister of Agriculture of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1995 to 2005. Earl ...
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Anton Hofreiter Anton "Toni" Hofreiter (born 2 February 1970) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2005 elections. Political career As a member of Alliance 90/The Greens, Hofreiter has been a member of the Bundes ...
* Thilo Hoppe * Ute Koczy *
Sylvia Kotting-Uhl Sylvia Kotting-Uhl (born 29 December 1952) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2005 until 2021. Early life and career Kotting-Uhl spent her childhoo ...
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Renate Künast Renate Elly Künast (born 15 December 1955) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens party. She was the Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005 and subsequently served as chairwoman of her party's parliame ...
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Fritz Kuhn Fritz Kuhn (born 29 June 1955) is a German politician who served as Mayor of Stuttgart from 2012 until 2021. He was co-chairman of Alliance '90/The Greens, the German Green party, in 2002 and its parliamentary group from 2002 to 2013. Early ...
* Markus Kurth * Undine Kurth * Monika Lazar * Reinhard Loske *
Anna Lührmann Anna Lührmann (born 14 June 1983 in Lich, Hesse) is a German political science professor and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections. In addition to her work in parl ...
* Nicole Maisch * Jerzy Montag * Kerstin Müller *
Winfried Nachtwei Winfried Nachtwei (born 15 April 1946 in Wulfen) is a German politician and former member of Alliance '90/The Greens in the Bundestag. He is an expert on the Afghanistan conflict and works as a peace and conflict consultant since leaving the Bu ...
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Omid Nouripour Omid Nouripour ( fa, امید نوری‌پور; born 18 June 1975) is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2006, representing the state of Hesse. Since 2022, he has also been ...
* Brigitte Pothmer *
Claudia Roth Claudia Benedikta Roth (born 15 May 1955) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens). She was one of the two party chairs from 2004 to 2013 and previously served as one of the President of the Bundestag, vice presidents of the ''Bundestag'' ...
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Krista Sager Krista Sager ( Schuller; born 28 July 1953) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party who served as party co-leader between 1994 and 1996, and co-leader of the Greens group in the Bundestag between 2002 and 2005. Early life and ...
* Elisabeth Scharfenberg * Christine Scheel * Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk * Gerhard Schick * Grietje Staffelt * Rainder Steenblock * Silke Stokar von Neuforn *
Hans-Christian Ströbele Hans-Christian Ströbele (; 7 June 1939 – 29 August 2022) was a German politician and lawyer. He was a member of Alliance 90/The Greens, the German green party. Education and early career Ströbele was born on 7 June 1939 in Halle, Saale, t ...
* Harald Terpe *
Jürgen Trittin Jürgen Trittin (born 25 July 1954) is a German Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Green politician. He was Federal Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Germany), Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and N ...
* Wolfgang Wieland * Josef Philip Winkler * Margareta Wolf {{DEFAULTSORT:Green Party Faction (Bundestag) Alliance 90/The Greens