Mona Neubaur (born 1 July 1977) is a German politician from

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 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 Hendrik Josef Wüst (born 19 July 1975) is a German politician currently serving as Minister-President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. He is a member of the Christian democratic and liberal-conservative CDU. In October 2021 he succeeded ...

since 29 June 2022. She previously the leader of her party in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Early life and career

Born to a nurse, Neubaur grew up in

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. In 1997 she moved to

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to study education, sociology and psychology. From 2007 to 2014, Neubaur worked for the

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in Düsseldorf.

Political career

Neubau joined the Green Party in 1999. From 2007 to 2015, she served as chairwoman of the Green Party in Düsseldorf. 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 Felix Banaszak (born 24 October 1989) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election. Early career During his studies, Banaszak worked as legislat ...

(2018–2022). Neubaur was nominated by her party as delegate to the

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for the purpose of electing the

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Other activities

Corporate boards

* NRW.BANK, Ex-Officio member of the supervisory board (since 2022)

Non-profit organizations

, Member of the General Assembly *

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, Member

Political positions

Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Neubaur publicly endorsed incumbent

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of the Social Democrats.Tobias Blasius (4 January 2022)
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''.

References

Living people 1977 births Landtag group leaders (North Rhine-Westphalia) Alliance 90/The Greens politicians Members of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia 21st-century German politicians 21st-century German women politicians German environmentalists {{Germany-Greens-politician-stub