Kerstin Andreae (born 21 October 1968) is a German

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

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 ...

who served as Member of the

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from 2002 to 2019. Since leaving politics, she has been serving as managing director of the

German Association of Energy and Water Industries The Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft (BDEW) e.V. (German Association of Energy and Water Industries) with headquarters in Berlin is the German business organisation for the energy ( power producers, grid operators, natural gas, ele ...

(BDEW).

Education

After graduating from high school in 1988, Andreae studied political science and economics at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...

. In 1998 she worked as press secretary and campaign manager to

Wilfried Telkämper Wilfried Telkämper (born 16 January 1953, in Lingen-Ems, West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with ...

, then a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

Political career

From 1999 to 2002, Andreae was a member of the city council in

Freiburg im Breisgau Freiburg im Breisgau or simply Freiburg is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fourth-largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Its built-up area has a population of abou ...

. In 2002, Andreae was first elected into the German

. Between 2005 and 2007, she served as the Green parliamentary groups’ coordinator in the Finance Committee. From March 2007 to March 2012 she was the groups’ spokesperson for economic affairs and coordinator in the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology. In 2012, she succeeded

Fritz Kuhn Fritz Kuhn (born 29 June 1955) is a German politician who served as Mayor of Stuttgart from 2012 until 2021. He was co-chairman of Alliance 90/The Greens, the German Green party, in 2002 and its parliamentary group from 2002 to 2013. Early lif ...

as the group's deputy chairperson, at the time led by co-chairs

Renate Künast Renate Elly Künast (born 15 December 1955) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens party. She was the Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005 and subsequently served as chairwoman of her party's parliame ...

and

Jürgen Trittin Jürgen Trittin (born 25 July 1954) is a German Green politician who served as Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Early life and education ...

. After the 2013 federal elections, Andreae — who is considered a

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in her party — unsuccessfully tried to become the chairwoman of the Green's parliamentary group. Commentators regarded her loss against

Katrin Göring-Eckardt Katrin Dagmar Göring-Eckardt ( Eckardt; 3 May 1966) is a German politician of the German Green Party (officially known as Alliance 90/The Greens). Starting her political activity in the now-former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in th ...

as a sign that Green lawmakers rejected a chance to reach out to

Angela Merkel Angela Dorothea Merkel (; ; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office. She was Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and Leade ...

’s CDU as a possible coalition partner. In 2019, she set up the group’s business advisory board, a gathering of around 50 corporate leaders from different sectors. In 2019, Andreae was appointed as managing director of the

(BDEW).

Political positions

Economic policy

In late 2013, when the government announced its plan to significantly increase social expenditures for the current generation of pensioners, Andreae called this a "flagrant pillaging of pension funds" and a "socially unjust" burden on lower- and middle-income individuals. In 2014, Andreae criticised the government's approval of utility group

RWE RWE AG is a German multinational energy company headquartered in Essen. It generates and trades electricity in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the United States. In July 2020, RWE completed a far-reaching asset swap deal with E.ON first ...

selling its oil and gas unit

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to investors led by Russia's second-richest man

Mikhail Fridman Mikhail Maratovich Fridman (also transliterated Mikhail Friedman; ; ; born 21 April 1964) is a Ukrainian-born, Russian–Israeli tycoon and Russian oligarchs, oligarch. He is one of the co-founders of Alfa Group, Alfa-Group, a multinational Rus ...

Human rights

In August 2012, Andreae was one of 124 members of the Bundestag to sign a letter that was sent to the Russian ambassador to Germany,

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, expressing concern over the trial against the three members of

Pussy Riot Pussy Riot is a Feminism in Russia, Russian feminist protest and performance art group based in Moscow that became popular for its provocative punk rock music which later turned into a more accessible style. Founded in the fall of 2011 by the th ...

. “Being held in detention for months and the threat of lengthy punishment are Draconian and disproportionate,” the lawmakers said in the letter. “In a secular and pluralist state, peaceful artistic acts -- even if they can be seen as provocative -- must not lead to the accusation of serious criminal acts that lead to lengthy prison terms.”

Other activities

Government agencies

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board *

KfW The KfW, which together with its subsidiaries DEG, KfW IPEX-Bank and FuB forms the KfW Bankengruppe ("banking group"), is a German state-owned investment and development bank, based in Frankfurt. As of 2014, it is the world's largest national ...

, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (2015-2017)

Non-profit organizations

Agora Energiewende Agora Energiewende is a think tank supporting the transition to clean energy in Germany. It was founded in 2012 and is funded by and the European Climate Foundation. Its members debate under the Chatham House Rule and include Klaus Töpfer, Ot ...

, Member of the Council (since 2019) * Baden-Badener Unternehmer-Gespräche (BBUG), Member of the Board of Trustees *

Evangelical Church in Germany The Evangelical Church in Germany (, EKD), also known as the Protestant Church in Germany, is a federation of twenty Lutheranism, Lutheran, Continental Reformed Protestantism, Reformed, and united and uniting churches, United Protestantism in Ger ...

(EKD), Member of the Committee on the Social Order * European Academy for Women in Politics and Business, Member of the Board of Trustees * German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board * ''Progressives Zentrum'', Member of the Circle of FriendsCircle of Friends
Progressives Zentrum. * Protestant University for Applied Sciences Freiburg, Member of the Advisory Board * Robert Bosch United World College, Member of the Board of Trustees *

, Member of the Advisory Board

References

External links

Official website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andreae, Kerstin 1968 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg Female members of the Bundestag German Lutherans University of Freiburg alumni People from Schramberg 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013 Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag 2002–2005 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens