1971 Abitur. 1971 to 1976 studied mathematics and economics, graduating with a degree in mathematics.
1978 to 1990 research assistant at the University of Duisburg/Essen.
Member of ver.di.
1985 to 1989 council member in Oberhausen, 1990 to 1995 member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament and spokeswoman for the Green Party; 1995 to 2000 Minister for the Environment, Regional Planning and Agriculture, 2000 to 2005 Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Member of the Bundestag since 2005; November 2005 to May 2006 Chairwoman of the Committee on Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, since May 2006 member of the parliamentary group executive committee.
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