Ina Korter (born 8 January 1955,

Nordenham Nordenham () is a town in the Wesermarsch district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located at the mouth (on the west bank) of the Weser river on the Butjadingen peninsula on the coast of the North Sea. The seaport city of Bremerhaven is locat ...

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) is a former German politician for the

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Political career

Korter became active with the Greens' antinuclear campaigns in 1982. She was a councillor in

Wesermarsch Wesermarsch is a ''Districts of Germany, Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. Neighboring are (from the east clockwise) the districts of Cuxhaven (district), Cuxhaven and Osterholz, the city of Bremen in the state ...

from 1991 to 1996, and in Nordenham from 1996 to 1998. She studied teaching in

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and last taught at Paddstock School in

Ovelgönne Ovelgönne () is a municipality in the district of Wesermarsch, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 27 km northeast of Oldenburg, and 40 km northwest of Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), offic ...

, before she was elected to the

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in 2003 and remained until 2014.

Personal life

Korter grew up with four siblings on the family farm near Nordenham. She has two adult children. As of 2011, she is in an all-woman band named Faltenrock.

References

1955 births Living people People from Nordenham Alliance 90/The Greens politicians Members of the Landtag of Lower Saxony Women members of state parliaments in Germany 20th-century German women politicians 21st-century German women politicians {{Germany-Greens-politician-stub