Bärbel Höhn
| Bärbel Höhn | |
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| Member of the Federal Diet of Germany | |
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Assumed office 2005 |
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| Minister for Agriculture of Northrhine-Westphalia | |
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In office July 17, 1995 – June 24, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Klaus Matthiesen |
| Succeeded by | Eckhard Uhlenberg |
| Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia House of Deputies | |
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In office 1990–1995 |
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May 4, 1952 Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
| Alma mater | University of Kiel |
| Profession | Economist |
| Website | www.baerbel-hoehn.de |
Bärbel Höhn (born May 4, 1952) is a German politician for Alliance '90/The Greens. She has been a member of the Bundestag since the German federal election, 2005, after serving as Minister of Agriculture of Northrhine-Westphalia from 1995 to 2005.
Born in Flensburg, Höhn attended the University of Kiel, majoring in mathematics and economics, and earned her Diplom in 1976. From 1978 to 1990 she was a research assistant at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Höhn began her political career as an activist in a local initiative against air pollution and as a city councilor in her home town of Oberhausen. In 1985, she joined Alliance '90/The Greens, and gained a seat in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1990.
In the fifth cabinet of Johannes Rau, Höhn became Minister for Environment and Agriculture, serving in that position under Rau's successor Wolfgang Clement until 2005. In that capacity, she played a leadership role in Europe’s response to the mad cow disease epidemic in 2001, improved consumer rights and promoted energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy. Höhn has long criticized the industrial production methods of German farmers.
Even before entering the German Bundestag, Höhn was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in May 2004.
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