Katharina Beck
Katharina Beck | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 April 1982 |
| Party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Katharina Beck (born 1982) is a German politician (Alliance 90/The Greens). She was elected member of the German Bundestag in the 2021 German federal election.[1][2] She was a list candidate for the Green Party in Hamburg and nominally represents the Hamburg-Nord electoral district.[2][3]
Early life and education
Beck was born to a family of bakers in Düsseldorf in 1982 and grew up in Duisburg.[1] While her parents both attended university, she described her family as very down-to-earth.[1] She studied Latin American studies at the University of Cologne and the National University of Tucumán.[4]
Early career
After graduating, Beck was President of oikos International from 2007 to 2009 and worked at the Institute for Social Banking from 2009 to 2011.
Beck worked as a management consultant, specialising in sustainability, at Accenture before her election as MP.[1][4]
Political career
Beck joined the Greens at the age of 27 in 2009.[1] Katharina Fegebank, later second mayor of Hamburg, became her mentor in 2012.[1] She became chair of the Green's federal working party on economic and financial affairs and speaker of working party chairs.[5]
Beck has been politically active in Hamburg in the district association Hamburg-Nord since 2011. She was the spokeswoman for all 25 federal working groups of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen as well as the spokeswoman for the federal working group for economic afffairs and finance.[6][7][8] From 2017 to 2021 she was a member of the Economic Advisory Council of the Green Party's parliamentary group in the Bundestag.[9]
In 2021 Beck ran as a direct candidate for the district of Hamburg-Nord and as a top candidate for list number 1 of the Hamburg Greens and entered the Bundestag via the state list.[10][11]
Other activities
- Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2025)[12]
- KfW, Member of the Board of Supervisory Directors (since 2022)[13]
Political positions
One of Beck's main political goals is for the success of companies to be measured not only by profit, but social and environmental indicators.[1] She said that she aims to increase the Green Party's economic expertise and standing.[5]
She counts Jacinda Ardern, Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez among her political role models.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Witte genannt Vedder, Julia (24 August 2021). "Grünen-Spitzenkandidatin: 'Kein CEO will die Welt kaputt machen'". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Hamburgs Grüne sehen sich nach Bundestagswahl in guter Position". Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Katharina Beck". gruene-bundestag.de. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Werdegang & Privates". katharina-beck.de. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ a b Joana, Lehner (6 November 2021). "Diese ehemalige Unternehmensberaterin sitzt künftig für die Grünen im Bundestag". Business Insider. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ BAG Wirtschaft & Finanzen. "Wer wir sind › BAG Wirtschaft & Finanzen" (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Katharina Beck" (in German). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Julia Witte genannt Vedder (24 August 2021), "Grünen-Spitzenkandidatin: 'Kein CEO will die Welt kaputt machen'", Die Welt (in German), retrieved 1 November 2021
- ^ "Katharina Beck". Deutscher Bundestag. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Nach Warnung von CDU-Chef: Hamburger Grüne fordert Ploß heraus". MOPO (in German). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "'Ich habe Bock auf den Job': Diese Hamburgerin will als Grünen-Spitze in den Bundestag". MOPO (in German). 27 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Mitglieder von fünf Gremien gewählt Bundestag, press release of 25 September 2025.
- ^ Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees KfW.