Sylvia Kotting-Uhl (born 29 December 1952) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg from 2005 until 2021.[1]
Sylvia Kotting-Uhl | |
|---|---|
 Kotting-Uhl in 2019 | |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 2005–2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 December 1952 Karlsruhe, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | Greens |
| Children | 3 |
Early life and career
editKotting-Uhl spent her childhood in northern Baden. After graduating from high school she studied German, English and art history in Heidelberg, Edinburgh and Zaragoza. Afterwards she worked as a dramaturg at the Baden State Theatre, but when she started her family she decided on an "alternative life in the Kraichgau with self-catering tendencies".
In a second professional life, from 1985 onwards, Kotting-Uhl built up a children's workshop, which she ran for more than ten years and to which a women's workshop is now also affiliated. She also worked as a lecturer for independent educational institutions and completed a distance learning course in psychology.
Political career
editFrom 2003 until 2005, Kotting-Uhl served as co-chair (alongside Andreas Braun) of the Green Party in Baden-Württemberg.
From the 2005 national elections, Kotting-Uhl was a member of the German Bundestag.[2] She served as chairwoman of the Committee on Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.[3] From 2005 until 2009, she was also a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development.
In addition to her committee assignments, Kotting-Uhl was part of the German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group, which she chaired from 2014 until 2018.
From 2014 to 2016, Kotting-Uhl was one of the members of the country's temporary National Commission on the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, chaired by Ursula Heinen-Esser and Michael Müller.[4]
Following the 2016 state elections in Baden-Württemberg, Kotting-Uhl was part of the Winfried Kretschmann’s team in the negotiations between the Green Party and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on a coalition agreement for Germany's first state government led by the Greens.[5]
In 2017, Kotting-Uhl made news headlines when she successfully filed a complaint against the Government of the United Kingdom for a breach of the Aarhus Convention by failing to notify the German public of the potential environmental impacts of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.[6]
In early 2020, Kotting-Uhl announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[7]
Other activities
edit- German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018)[8][9]
- Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2017)[10]
- German Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation (BUND), Member
- Greenpeace, Member
- World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Member
References
edit- ^ "Sylvia Kotting-Uhl | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "German Bundestag - Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ^ Abschlussbericht der Kommission Lagerung hoch radioaktiver Abfallstoffe
- ^ Roland Muschel (April 7, 2016), Kein Geld für teure Wünsche Badische Zeitung.
- ^ Adam Vaughan (July 6, 2017), Hinkley Point C: UK censured for failing to consult German public The Guardian.
- ^ Theo Westermann (January 22, 2020), Karlsruher Bundestagsabgeordnete Kotting-Uhl tritt nicht mehr an Badische Neueste Nachrichten.
- ^ Board of Trustees German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU).
- ^ Bettina Hagedorn und Sylvia Kotting-Uhl DBU-Kuratorinnen German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), press release of May 31, 2018.
- ^ Supervisory Board Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE).
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)