Ramona Pop (born 31 October 1977) is a Romanian-born German politician of the

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 ...

party who has been serving as chairwoman of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) since 2022. She previously served as a deputy mayor of

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and

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for Economy, Energy, and Enterprises (''Senatorin für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe'') from 2016 until 2021.

Early life and education

Pop was born in

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, and grew up in Romania until her family, of mixed Romanian and Romanian German origin, moved to Germany in 1988. In 1997 she completed high school. Pop studied political science in

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and later at the

Free University Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in poli ...

, graduating from its

Otto-Suhr-Institut The Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (''Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science'', also ''OSI'') is a prestigious research institute of the Free University of Berlin. It is the leading political science institution in Germany and one ...

Political career

Pop has been a member of the Green party since 1997. In the 2001 state elections, she was elected into the

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. In parliament, she first served as the Green Party’s parliamentary group on youth policies. From 2009, she led the parliamentary group alongside

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. Pop succeeded

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 ...

as leading candidate after Künast had made mistakes in the election campaign for

2011 Berlin state election The 2011 Berlin state election was held on 18 September 2011 to elect the members of the 17th Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. The incumbent government consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and The Left lost its majority. The SPD lost five ...

s.Was Berlins Grüne aus ihren Fehlern gelernt haben
Der Tagesspiegel, in German As one of her state's representatives at the Bundesrat, Pop served on the Committee on Economic Affairs. Pop was a Green Party delegate to the

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for the purpose of electing the

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in 2017.

Other activities

Regulatory agencies

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board

Corporate boards

* Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021) *

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe The (German: 'Berlin Transport Company') is the main public transport company of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It manages the city's underground railway, tram, bus, replacement services (, EV) and ferry networks, but not the urban ra ...

(BVG), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021) * Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021) * Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB), Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021) *

Messe Berlin Messe Berlin (') are exhibition grounds in the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf precinct of Berlin, Germany, at Masurenallee opposite the Haus des Rundfunks. Since 2011, they have officially been known as "Berlin ExpoCenter City" and operated by the M ...

, Member of the Supervisory Board * Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (DKLB), Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organizations

Berlin School of Economics and Law The Berlin School of Economics and Law (German: ''Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht''), abbreviated as BSEL, is a public institution of higher education and research founded on 1 April 2009 through the merger of the Berlin School of Economi ...

(HWR), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2017)Board of Trustees

(HWR).

References

External links

Official Website of Ramona PopRamona Pop
at the

Ramona Pop
at the Berlin parliamentary faction of

1977 births Living people Alliance 90/The Greens politicians Senators of Berlin Members of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin Politicians from Berlin Romanian emigrants to Germany Free University of Berlin alumni {{Alliance 90/The Greens