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Germany鈥檚 new minister for the environment and nuclear safety will be Svenja Schulze from the Social Democratic Party (SPD). The 49-year old, from the country鈥檚 most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), will be 鈥渁n excellent minister鈥� who supports climate action and environmental protection 鈥渨ith her whole heart鈥�, SPD party head Olaf Scholz said at a press conference. Schulze was previously general secretary of the regional SPD group in NRW and served as the state鈥檚 science minister from 2010 to 2017. She follows fellow SPD politician Barbara Hendricks, who had served as environment minister since 2013.

Born 29 September, 1968 in D眉sseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)

Political & Vocational Career

• 1988: Joins the Social Democratic Party (SPD); studies German philology and political science
• 1993 to 1997: leads the SPD youth organisation Jusos in NRW
• 1996: Joins SPD party executive committee in NRW
• 1997: Becomes youngest member of NRW state parliament
• 2000: Leaves parliament to work as a business consultant (BBDO, booz&co.)
• 2004-2010: Re-enters NRW parliament, serves as SPD environment policy spokeswoman
• 2010-2017: NRW state minister for innovation, science and research
• 2017: SPD secretary general in NRW, joins national SPD party executive committee
• 2018: Joins Cabinet Merkel IV as federal environment minister for the SPD

Memberships & Trivia

• Member of IG BCE, Germany鈥檚 Trade Union for mining, chemicals and energy industries 鈥� which is staunchly opposed to a quick end of coal-fired power production in Germany
• Member of NABU, the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union 鈥� to 鈥渆xert pressure鈥� and push environmental protection,
• In 2011, Schulze warned the public as science minister in NRW that fuel elements from the nuclear research facility in J眉lich went missing, causing a major media response. It later turned out that the fuel elements鈥� storage was not documented properly by the facility.

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