Jutta Paulus

Jutta Paulus (née Wege, born 9 May 1967) is a German pharmacist and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance 90/The Greens since 2019.[1]

Jutta Paulus

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1967-05-09) 9 May 1967
Giessen, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political party German
Alliance 90/The Greens
 EU
European Green Party
Alma materUniversity of Marburg

Early life and education

Paulus graduated from Herderschule Gießen in 1986. She completed her pharmacy studies at the University of Marburg in 1990 and moved to Neustadt an der Weinstraße. She began practising as a pharmacist in 1991.

Political career

Paulus joined the Green Party in 1987. Following the 2016 state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate, she was part of her party's delegation in the negotiations on a coalition government under Minister-President Malu Dreyer. From 2017 until 2019, she co-chaired the Green Party in Rhineland-Palatinate, alongside Josef Winkler.

Paulus became a Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 elections. She has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In this capacity, she is the Parliament's rapporteur on CO2 emissions in the maritime sector.[2]

In addition to her committee assignments, Paulus is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Japan.[3]

Other activities
  • German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board[4]
  • Amnesty International, Member

References
  1. "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. Florence Schulz (25 September 2019), IPCC drastically increases its forecasts for world’s rise in sea levels Euractiv.
  3. Jutta Paulus European Parliament.
  4. Parliamentary Advisory Board German Industry Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF).


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