Katharina Dröge (born 16 September 1984) is a German economist and politician of
Alliance 90/The Greens
Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...
who has been serving as co-chair of the Green Party’s parliamentary group 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 ...
since 2021, alongside
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, ...
. She previously served as one of the group’s managers () from 2018 to 2021.
She has been a member of the
Bundestag
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since 2013.
Education and early career
On a scholarship of the
German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Dröge studied economics at the
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...
from 2004 to 2010.
From 2010 until 2013, Dröge worked at the State Ministry of Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...
.
Political career
Dröge has been a member of the German
Bundestag
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since the
2013 elections, representing
Cologne
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’s
Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and
Chorweiler
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districts. In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy. She is also her parliamentary group's spokesperson on competition policy. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a so-called
traffic light coalition
In German politics, a traffic light coalition (german: Ampelkoalition) is a coalition government of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Alliance 90/The Greens. It is named after the parties' tra ...
of the
Social Democrats
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(SPD), the Green Party and the
FDP following the
2021 federal elections, Dröge led her party's delegation in the working group on labor policy; her co-chairs from the other parties were
Hubertus Heil
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and
Johannes Vogel.
Other activities
Regulatory agencies
*
Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Advisory Board (since 2014)
Non-profit organizations
*
Heinrich Böll Foundation
The Heinrich Böll Foundation (german: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V., HBS) is a German, legally independent political foundation. Affiliated with the German Green Party, it was founded in 1997 when three predecessors merged. The foundation was n ...
, Member of the General Assembly
*
Amnesty International
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, Member
*
Terre des Femmes
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, Member
*
German Foundation for World Population
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(DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (–2021)
Political positions
Within the Green Party, Dröge is considered to be part of its left wing.
[Valerie Höhne and Jonas Schaible (30 November 2021)]
Neuaufstellung der Fraktion: Katharina Dröge will Grünen-Fraktionschefin werden
''Der Spiegel
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''.
References
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1984 births
Living people
21st-century German women politicians
Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
University of Cologne alumni
People from Münster
Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens