Julia Hamburg

Julia Willie Hamburg (born 26 June 1986)[1][2] is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens, serving as the Deputy Minister-President of Lower Saxony and the State Minister for Education and Culture. Before that she served as the leader of the party's group in the State Parliament of Lower Saxony.

Bernd Althusmann
MdL MdBR
Deputy Minister-President of Lower-Saxony
Assumed office
8 November 2022
Minister-PresidentStephan Weil
Preceded byBernd Althusmann

Early life and education

Born and educated in Hanover, Hamburg studied political science, German philology and philosophy at the University of Göttingen. She finished her studies without a degree.[1]

Political career

Hamburg joined the Greens in 2007 and a year later became speaker of the youth wing of the party in the state of Lower Saxony.[3] In 2011 she became deputy head of the party in the state.[1] In the January 2013 election, she was elected to the state Landtag[1][2] as its youngest member,[3] and the following month was elected as joint state party head with Jan Haude.[4] She withdrew from the party position a year later[1] with pregnancy-related health problems; she resumed her seat in the Landtag in July 2014.[5][6] In March 2020 she was chosen to head her party's delegation in the Landtag, becoming leader of the opposition.[2][3]

Career in state government

In January 2022, the Greens declared Hamburg and Christian Meyer their lead candidates for the state election in October 2022.[6][7] A misspelling of the state's name on her election posters attracted publicity.[3][8] After a gain of seats in the election, the Greens formed a government in coalition with the Social Democrats.[9]

As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, Hamburg serves on the Committee on Education. She is also a member of the German-Polish Friendship Group set up in cooperation with the Senate of Poland.[10]

Other activities

Personal life

Hamburg lives in Hanover with her partner; they have two children.[3]

References
  1. "Julia Wille Hamburg" (in German). Fraktion Grüne im Landtag Niedersachsen. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017.
  2. "Julia Willie Hamburg: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen" (in German). Landtag Niedersachsen. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. Xenia Pfeifer (1 September 2022). "Freund, Kinder, Hobbys: Was über die Grünen-Politikerin Julia Hamburg bekannt ist". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  4. "Die Grünen haben eine neue Landesvorsitzende" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 17 February 2013. Archived from the original on 19 February 2013.
  5. "Grüne: Freude über die Rückkehr von Julia Willie Hamburg" (press release) (in German). Fraktion Grüne im Landtag Niedersachsen. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014.
  6. Lars Laue (17 September 2022). "Julia Hamburg (Grüne) radelt nach Krankheit Richtung Regierungsamt". Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German).
  7. "Landtagswahl: Hamburg und Meyer bilden Spitzenduo der Grünen" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  8. "Grüne starten mit Missgeschick in Landtagswahlkampf" (in German). Norddeutscher Rundfunk. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  9. Peter Fahrenholz (26 October 2022). "Niedersachsen: in Windeseile zu Rot-Grün". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  10. Julia Hamburg Bundesrat.
  11. Dirk Fisser (1 November 2022), Grüne Kultusministerin Hamburg soll für Niedersachsen in den VW-Aufsichtsrat Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
  12. Xenia Pfeifer (19 October 2022), Freund, Kinder, Werdegang: Das wissen wir über Grünen-Politikerin Julia Hamburg Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine.


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