Mona Neubaur

Mona Neubaur (born 1 July 1977) is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She is the leader of her party’s group in the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.[1]

Mona Neubaur in 2018.

Early life and career

Neubaur grew up in Pöttmes. In 1997 she moved to Düsseldorf to study education, sociology and psychology.[2]

From 2007 to 2014, Neubaur worked for the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Düsseldorf.[3]

Political career

From 2007 to 2015, Neubau served as chairwoman of the Green Party in Düsseldorf.[4]

Since 2014, Neubaur has been serving as co-chair of the Green Party in North Rhine-Westphalia, alongside Sven Lehmann (2014–2018) and Felix Banaszak (since 2018).[5]

Neubaur was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[6]

Political positions

Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Neubaur publicly endorsed incumbent Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Social Democrats.[7]

References
  1. "Mona Neubaur | GRÜNE NRW". gruene-nrw.de. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. Andreas Wyputta (13 December 2021), Grüne Spitzenkandidatin in NRW: Aus Bayern nach Düsseldorf Die Tageszeitung.
  3. Andreas Wyputta (13 December 2021), Grüne Spitzenkandidatin in NRW: Aus Bayern nach Düsseldorf Die Tageszeitung.
  4. Arne Lieb (18 June 2018), Persönlich: Mona Neubaur Rheinische Post.
  5. Landesparteitag: NRW-Grüne bestätigen Doppelspitze Neubaur und Banaszak Rheinische Post, 16 June 2018.
  6. 17th Federal Convention, 13 February 2022, List of Members Bundestag.
  7. Tobias Blasius (4 January 2022), NRW-Grüne begrüßen zweite Amtszeit für Steinmeier Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
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