Claudia Roth - Political Career

Political Career

  • 1985 - 1989: Press spokeswoman for the Green party of West Germany.
  • 1985 - 1998: Member of the European Parliament (Chairwoman of the Green Party faction from 1994 to 1998).
  • 1998 - March 2001: Member of the Green Party faction in the German Parliament (Bundestag).
    • Chairwoman of the Human Rights Board in the German Parliament
  • March 2001 - December 2002: Chairwoman of the German Green Party (together with Fritz Kuhn).
  • September 22, 2002 - today: Member of the Green Party faction in the Bundestag.
  • October 2004 - today: Chairwoman of the German Green Party (together with Reinhard Bütikofer until 2008, then Cem Özdemir).

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