Renate Künast

Renate Künast
Künast in 2017
Leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens in the Bundestag
In office
4 October 2005 – 8 October 2013
Serving with Fritz Kuhn and Jürgen Trittin
Chief WhipVolker Beck
Preceded byKatrin Göring-Eckardt
Succeeded byKatrin Göring-Eckardt
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection
In office
12 January 2001 – 4 October 2005
ChancellorGerhard Schröder
Preceded byKarl-Heinz Funke
Succeeded byJürgen Trittin (Acting)
Leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens
In office
23 June 2000 – 9 March 2001
Serving with Fritz Kuhn
Preceded byGunda Röstel
Succeeded byClaudia Roth
Member of the Bundestag
for Berlin
In office
22 September 2002 – 25 March 2025
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
In office
19 January 1989 – 25 June 2000
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens
In office
10 March 1985 – 20 April 1987
ConstituencyAlternative List
Personal details
Born (1955-12-15) 15 December 1955
Party German:
Alliance '90/The Greens
EU:
The Greens–European Free Alliance
Alma materFachhochschule Düsseldorf
Free University of Berlin
OccupationAttorney
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Renate Elly Künast (born 15 December 1955) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens party. She was the Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture from 2001 to 2005 and subsequently served as chairwoman of her party's parliamentary group in the Bundestag.