Ramona Pop (born 31 October 1977) is a Romanian-born German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens party who has been serving as chairwoman of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) since 2022.[1] She previously served as a deputy mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economy, Energy, and Enterprises (Senatorin für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe) from 2016 until 2021.[2]

Ramona Pop
Pop in 2017
Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin
In office
8 December 2016 – 20 December 2021
Serving with Klaus Lederer
Governing MayorMichael Müller
Preceded byDilek Kalayci
Succeeded byBettina Jarasch
Senator for Economics, Energy and Business of Berlin
In office
8 December 2016 – 20 December 2021
Governing MayorMichael Müller
Preceded byCornelia Yzer
Succeeded byStephan Schwarz
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
In office
21 October 2011 – 4 November 2021
ConstituencyMitte 1 (2011–21)
List (2001–11)
Personal details
Born (1977-10-31) 31 October 1977 (age 47)
Timișoara, Romania
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
Alma materFree University of Berlin

Early life and education

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Pop was born in Timișoara, and grew up in Romania until her family, of mixed Romanian and Romanian German origin, moved to Germany in 1988.[3] In 1997 she completed high school. Pop studied political science in Münster and later at the Free University Berlin, graduating from its Otto-Suhr-Institut.

Political career

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Pop has been a member of the Green party since 1997. In the 2001 state elections, she was elected into the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.[4] In parliament, she first served as the Green Party’s parliamentary group on youth policies. From 2009, she led the parliamentary group alongside Volker Ratzmann. Pop succeeded Renate Künast as leading candidate after Künast had made mistakes in the election campaign for 2011 Berlin state elections.[5]

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 Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.[6]

Other activities

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Regulatory agencies

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Corporate boards

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  • Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021)[8]
  • Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021)[9]
  • Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021)[10]
  • Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB), Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021)[11]
  • Messe Berlin, Member of the Supervisory Board[12]
  • Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (DKLB), Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organizations

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References

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