Sylvia Kotting-Uhl

Sylvia Kotting-Uhl (born 29 December 1952) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since 2005.[1]

Sylvia Kotting-Uhl
Sylvia Kotting-Uhl in 2019
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2005
Personal details
Born (1952-12-29) 29 December 1952
Karlsruhe, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyGreens
Children3

Early life and career

Kotting-Uhl spent her childhood in northern Baden. After graduating from high school she studied German, English and art history in Heidelberg, Edinburgh and Zaragoza. Afterwards she worked as a dramaturg at the Baden State Theatre, but when she started her family she decided on an "alternative life in the Kraichgau with self-catering tendencies".

In a second professional life, from 1985 onwards, Kotting-Uhl built up a children's workshop, which she ran for more than ten years and to which a women's workshop is now also affiliated. She also worked as a lecturer for independent educational institutions and completed a distance learning course in psychology.

Political career

From 2003 until 2005, Kotting-Uhl served as co-chair (alongside Andreas Braun) of the Green Party in Baden-Württemberg.

Since the 2005 national elections, Kotting-Uhl has been a member of the German Bundestag.[2] She serves as chairwoman of the Committee on Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.[3] From 2005 until 2009, she was also a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development.

In addition to her committee assignments, Kotting-Uhl is part of the German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group, which she chaired from 2014 until 2018.

Following the 2016 state elections in Baden-Württemberg, Kotting-Uhl was part of the Winfried Kretschmann’s team in the negotiations between the Green Party and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) on a coalition agreement for Germany's first state government led by the Greens.[4]

In 2017, Kotting-Uhl made news headlines when she successfully filed a complaint against the Government of the United Kingdom for a breach of the Aarhus Convention by failing to notify the German public of the potential environmental impacts of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.[5]

In early 2020, Kotting-Uhl announced that she would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[6]

Other activities

References
  1. "Sylvia Kotting-Uhl | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  2. Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  3. "German Bundestag - Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. Roland Muschel (April 7, 2016), Kein Geld für teure Wünsche Badische Zeitung.
  5. Adam Vaughan (July 6, 2017), Hinkley Point C: UK censured for failing to consult German public The Guardian.
  6. Theo Westermann (January 22, 2020), Karlsruher Bundestagsabgeordnete Kotting-Uhl tritt nicht mehr an Badische Neueste Nachrichten.
  7. Board of Trustees German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU).
  8. Bettina Hagedorn und Sylvia Kotting-Uhl DBU-Kuratorinnen German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), press release of May 31, 2018.
  9. Supervisory Board Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (BGE).
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