Barbara Lochbihler

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Barbara Lochbihler
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office
14 July 2009 – 2019
ConstituencyGermany
Personal details
Born (1959-05-20) 20 May 1959 (age 64)
The Greens–European Free Alliance

Barbara Lochbihler (born 20 May 1959, Obergünzburg) is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Green Party.[1]

Early career

Between 1992 and 1999 Lochbihler was the Secretary General of the

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. For a decade from 1999 she served as Secretary General at Amnesty International Germany.[2]

Political career

After becoming a

Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN).

Within her Greens–European Free Alliance parliamentary group, Lochbihler served as the human rights and foreign policy spokesperson.[3]

Already in 2016, Lochbihler announced that she would not stand in the 2019 European elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

Other activities

  • Petra Kelly Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees[4]

References

  1. ^ "Barbara LOCHBIHLER - History of parliamentary service - MEPs - European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. ISBN 9781472434432
    .
  3. ^ Sagener, Nicole (12 February 2016). "Barbara Lochbihler: "Sklaverei, Menschenhandel und illegale Fischerei in Thailand gibt es nach wie vor"". Euractiv Germany. Berlin. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  4. ^ Board of Trustees: Barbara Lochbihler Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Petra Kelly Foundation.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Lochbihler&oldid=1177094269"