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German politician (born 1979) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Julia Verlinden (born 18 January 1979) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.[1]
Julia Verlinden | |
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![]() Julia Verlinden in 2023 | |
Member of the Bundestag for Lower Saxony | |
Assumed office 26 September 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bergisch Gladbach, West Germany (now Germany) | 18 January 1979
Political party | Greens |
Alma mater | University of Lüneburg |
Verlinden grew up near Cologne. She studied environmental sciences at the University of Lüneburg from 1998 to 2005 and graduated with a diploma. From 2006 to December 2012 she was a research associate at the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) in Dessau. From January 2013 until she moved to the Bundestag in October 2013, she headed the Energy Efficiency Division at the Federal Environment Agency.
Verlinden became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[2] From 2013 to 2021, she was a member of the Committee for Economic Affairs and Energy and served as her parliamentary group's spokesperson for energy policy.[3][4]
Since 2021, Verlinden has been serving as one of her parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of co-chairs Britta Haßelmann and Katharina Dröge.[5]
Verlinden contested Lüchow-Dannenberg – Lüneburg in 2013, 2017 and 2021.
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