Eva Lettenbauer (born 30 October 1992) is a German politician and industrial engineer who has been a member of the

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since 2018 and chairwoman of the Bavarian Greens since October 2019 (alongside Thomas von Sarnowski since 2021).

Political career

Following the 2011

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, Lettenbauer joined the

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

. In 2012 she took part in Youth and Parliament. From 2013 to 2017 she was youth spokeswoman and member of the district board of the Greens in Donau-Ries district. In May 2017 she was elected district chairperson. From October 2015 to October 2019 she was also a member of the state committee of the Greens of Bavaria. She was initially active with the Green Youth in Swabia and became spokeswoman for the Green Youth in Bavaria in April 2015. She held the post for three years. At federal level, from November 2013 to October 2015, she was the coordinator of the expert forum for economics and social affairs/finance of the Green Youth. Lettenbauer ran in the

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together with Florian Siekman as the top duo of the Green Youth and ran for the

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constituency and for the third position on the second vote ballot in the Schwaben constituency. She spoke early on in favour of an election campaign that puts green goals such as environmental protection in the foreground and against the focus on a coalition with

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. She was elected a member of the Bavarian state parliament in this election because she achieved the sixth-best overall vote result on the Greens constituency list. There Lettenbauer is a member of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs, Youth and Family. From November 2018 to November 2019, Lettenbauer was Deputy Parliamentary Secretary and member of the parliamentary group executive committee. She was a member of the Council of Elders until 2019. To this day, she is deputy chairwoman of the prison advisory board at Kaisheim prison and at Niederschönenfeld prison. In October 2019 she was elected chairwoman of

in Bavaria. She officiated alongside Eike Hallitzky until April 2021. Since April 2021, she has formed the leadership duo of the Bavarian Greens with Thomas von Sarnowski.

Memberships

Ballclub Blossenau, BUND Naturschutz Kreisgruppe Donau-Ries, Wasserwacht Monheim, Freifunk Donau-Ries e. V., DAV Donau-Ries and netzbegrünung e. V.

References

External links

Official Website of Eva Lettenbauer

Biography
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lettenbauer, Eva Living people 1992 births Alliance 90/The Greens politicians Members of the Landtag of Bavaria 21st-century German politicians 21st-century German women politicians German Catholics 21st-century German engineers 21st-century German women engineers