Anja Siegesmund

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Anja Siegesmund (2019)

Anja Siegesmund , b. Kaschta (born January 16, 1977 in Gera ) is a German politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ). From 2009 to 2015 she was a member of the Thuringian state parliament and chairman of the Alliance 90 / The Greens in the Thuringian state parliament . In the state elections in Thuringia in 2019 , she was the top candidate of her party again as a member of the state parliament. She resigned her mandate in March 2020.

Siegesmund has been the Thuringian Minister for Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation of the Free State of Thuringia in the Ramelow I and Ramelow II cabinets since 2014 (with one interruption during the government crisis in Thuringia 2020 ) . She is the first woman to hold this office in Thuringia. She is also Second Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Thuringia.

Since the constituent session of the 7th Thuringian State Parliament on November 27, 2019, Siegesmund and her cabinet colleagues have been in office. For the Greens in Thuringia, together with Dirk Adams , she was in charge of negotiating the talks to form a new government with the Left and the SPD, which was initially due to Bodo Ramelow's defeat on February 5, 2020 for a second term as Prime Minister did not come. On March 4, 2020, she was reappointed minister of her previous ministry in the Ramelow II cabinet .

education and profession

Siegesmund studied political science , German literature and psychology at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena from 1995 . She spent the academic year 1998/99 as a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge , USA. In 2002 she completed her studies in Jena as a Magistra Artium . From 2003 until she moved into the Thuringian state parliament in 2009, she headed the constituency office of a member of the Bundestag in Erfurt as an academic consultant .

Political career

Anja Siegesmund on the evening of the 2014 state elections with Roberto Kobelt (left) and Olaf Möller (right)

Siegesmund has been committed to Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen since 2002. From 2003 to 2011 she was district spokeswoman for the party in Jena . When the Thuringian Greens succeeded in re-entering the Thuringian state parliament after 15 years in the state elections in 2009 , Siegesmund moved into parliament with third place on the state list. There she was elected chairman of the green parliamentary group. In addition to her function as parliamentary group leader, she was spokeswoman for social affairs, work, family, health and economy in the 5th Thuringian state parliament and a deputy member in the investigative committees 5/1 (right-wing terrorism and administrative action) and 5/2 (V-people against MPs) of the Thuringian Diet.

At the state delegate conference (state party conference) of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen Thüringen from November 29th to 30th, 2013 Siegesmund was chosen as the top candidate for the state elections in 2014 and formed the top duo of the Thuringian alliance greens with Dirk Adams . After the election, in which the Greens successfully returned to the Thuringian state parliament, she was initially confirmed as parliamentary group leader. With the formation of the nationwide first red-red-green coalition under left leadership, she was appointed Thuringian Minister for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation on December 5, 2014. Since then, she and State Secretary Olaf Möller have led the newly tailored Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation . Dirk Adams was elected as her successor as leader of the Green Group on December 10, 2014.

In the interests of separating office and mandate , she resigned her state parliament mandate on October 15, 2015 , just like her left cabinet colleagues Bodo Ramelow and Birgit Klaubert ; her successor was Olaf Müller . She has been an elected member of the Jena City Council since May 26, 2019. In the state election in Thuringia on October 27, 2019, which she led as the top candidate team of the Greens together with Dirk Adams, she was re-elected as a member of the state parliament above the list. After the constituent meeting of the Thuringian state parliament on November 26, 2019, she was executive minister for the environment, energy and nature conservation in office. With the election of Thomas Kemmerich as Prime Minister of Thuringia on February 5, 2020, she resigned from the office to which she was reinstated after Bodo Ramelow's re-election on March 4, 2020. On March 17, 2020, she again resigned from her state parliament mandate. For she moved Laura choice after.

Siegesmund is a member of the Federal Council and a member of the Committee for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the Economic Committee. Concrete initiatives with a majority were among others. a. the further tightening of the regulations on fracking , the adjustment of the transmission network charges , the promotion of highly efficient CHP systems and an end to the use of glyphosate .

Political priorities

Environment and nature protection

Anja Siegesmund speaks on the Kuhberg to the participants of the star hike through Rüdigsdorf Switzerland (2018)

Under the chairmanship of Siegesmund, it was possible to implement the “master plan for salt reduction” within the Werra / Weser river basin community. It is the guiding principle for all seven neighboring countries as well as the K + S company .

The Thuringian Ministry of the Environment, headed by Siegesmund, found a solution to the contaminated site problem in Rositz - Schelditz . Rising groundwater contaminated with oil had made numerous buildings in Schelditz uninhabitable. The state of Thuringia and the Lausitzer and Mitteldeutsche Bergbau-Verwaltungsgesellschaft LMBV agreed on joint financing and redevelopment of the area.

Since Siegesmund took office, a comprehensive network of Natura 2000 stations has been set up in Thuringia within two years . The aim of the total of 12 stations is to plan and implement measures for the preservation of European protected species and habitats. To do this, they work closely with the administration, affected land users and other local actors.

The Thuringian Green Belt Act was passed by the Thuringian State Parliament on November 9, 2018. With the law, the former inner-German border of Thuringia is placed under special protection as a national natural monument . Siegesmund has been committed to preserving the Green Belt as a place of remembrance and a unique natural landscape for a long time. At 763 km, Thuringia has the longest section of the Green Belt Germany project and is part of the European Green Belt . The European Green Belt Conference only met in October 2018 at the Wartburg in Eisenach.

Were heated argument it within the red-red-green coalition in the face of victory mouth proposal, the ancient beech forests in antics to take part from the use, in order to meet the laid down in the coalition agreement aim to take 5 percent of forest area in Thuringia from forestry operations. As a result of this dispute, which was accompanied by demands for resignation from the forest, 1000 hectares are to be removed from forestry use on the Possen and an additional 500 hectares are to be converted into a cultivated forest according to PEFC standards. This means that a total of around 26,000 hectares of forest area in Thuringia will be left to natural development by 2020, including six areas over 1,000 hectares.

Climate protection

Anja Siegesmund (2017)

Siegesmund worked with her house on the first climate law in the new federal states and a corresponding integrated energy and climate protection strategy. The law was passed in the state parliament on December 14, 2018. It puts u. a. set the goal of gradually reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 95 percent by 2050.

With the funding guidelines Green Invest, Solar Invest and Klima Invest, Siegesmund's Ministry supports companies and municipalities as well as clubs, associations and private individuals who want to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energies.

In the nationwide debate on the amendment to the Renewable Energy Sources Act in 2017, Siegesmund participated primarily through the Federal Council. There, in the spring of 2017, together with Schleswig-Holstein, it succeeded in aligning the network usage charges among the federal states. Siegesmund repeatedly expressed her negative attitude towards the construction of the Suedlink , an underground line for better use of wind power, through Thuringia.

In 2017, the Environment Ministry's Climate Pavilion was opened at the State Horticultural Show in Apolda . It was a place for discussion and events on all aspects of climate protection, renewable energies, energy efficiency and sustainability. In 2018, almost 18,000 visitors visited the pavilion in Weimar. In 2019 it was set up in Jena. This will be installed in Gera in 2020.

Another political focus of Siegesmund is the promotion of sustainable mobility, for example by expanding the charging network for e-cars and promoting e-buses in local transport. After a feasibility study commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment, the Schwarzatalbahn from Rottenbach to Katzhütte was selected as the test route for a hydrogen train.

Siegesmund participated as a member of the official German delegation at the UN climate conferences in Bonn 2017 and Katowice 2018 .

Others

Siegesmund is Protestant and lives with her husband and three children in Jena. She is a member of:

Web links

Commons : Anja Siegesmund  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Green Thuringia: With a strong list in the state election! ( Memento of January 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) December 2, 2013
  3. ↑ Parliamentary documentation: Changes in the composition of the specialist committees. (PDF) Thuringian Parliament, October 30, 2015, accessed on February 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Anja: Anja Siegesmund, green top candidate, state election 2019 Thuringia. In: Anja Siegesmund. November 2, 2018, accessed on February 3, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Siegesmund and Adams lead Thuringia's Greens in the state election campaign. Thüringer Allgemeine, accessed on February 3, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Succession in the Thuringian Landtag. Wahl and Pfefferlein follow Siegesmund and Adams. Thuringian Parliament, March 17, 2020, accessed on March 17, 2020 .
  7. ^ Members of the Free State of Thuringia. Federal Council, accessed on May 22, 2018 (German).
  8. ↑ Speech by Anja Siegesmund on May 8, 2015 at 12:26 p.m. (933th meeting, agenda item 36). Federal Council, May 8, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2018 (German).
  9. ↑ Speech by Anja Siegesmund on September 23, 2016 at 10:59 a.m. (948th meeting, agenda item 87). Federal Council, 23 September 2016, accessed on 24 July 2018 (German).
  10. ↑ Speech by Anja Siegesmund on November 4th, 2016 at 11:32 a.m. (950th meeting, Item 25). Federal Council, November 4, 2016, accessed on July 24, 2018 (German).
  11. ↑ Speech by Anja Siegesmund on 02.02.2018 at 10:39 a.m. (964th meeting, agenda item 28). Federal Council, February 2, 2018, accessed on July 24, 2018 (German).
  12. ↑ Speech by Anja Siegesmund on December 15, 2017 at 10:02 a.m. (963rd meeting, agenda item 26). Federal Council, December 15, 2017, accessed on July 24, 2018 (German).
  13. ↑ Bundesrat: Bill from the states of Thuringia and Schleswig-Holstein. (PDF) In: Drucksache 112/17. Federal Council, February 2, 2017, accessed on July 24, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Master plan for salt reduction. River Basin Community Weser, accessed on November 9, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Claus Peter Müller: In the land of the white mountains. Frankfurter Allgemeine, March 19, 2015, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Volkhard Paczulla: Millions invested: Solution found for the former Rositz tar processing plant. Ostthüringer Zeitung, February 17, 2018, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Natura 2000 stations in Thuringia. Competence center Natura 2000 stations, accessed on November 9, 2018 .
  18. ↑ The border strip becomes a natural monument. Deutschlandfunk, November 9, 2018, accessed on November 9, 2018 .
  19. ↑ Anja Siegesmund; Peter Wurschi: From the death strip to the green bridge. Der Tagesspiegel, October 1, 2016, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Bernd Jentsch: The Green Belt: "Living symbol for overcoming the Cold War". Thüringer Allgemeine, October 17, 2018, accessed on November 9, 2018 .
  21. ↑ 5 arguments for 5 percent forest wilderness in Thuringia. Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  22. ^ Thuringian law on climate protection and adaptation to the consequences of climate change. (PDF; 2.5 MB) Draft law by the state government. Thuringian State Parliament, January 12, 2018, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  23. ↑ Thuringian energy and climate protection strategy. Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, Free State of Thuringia, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  24. ↑ Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation: Thuringia passes first climate law in the new federal states. December 14, 2018, accessed February 5, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Climate protection as a locational advantage. (PDF; 238 kB) Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Win with the sun. (PDF; 242 kB) Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  27. ↑ Climate Invest. (PDF; 194 kB) Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  28. ↑ Electricity line critics are calling for an expansion stop. Frankfurter Rundschau, March 25, 2018, accessed on October 17, 2018 .
  29. ↑ Climate pavilion. Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation, Free State of Thuringia, accessed on October 18, 2018 .
  30. ↑ Chamber of Architects Thuringia: project details page. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
  31. ↑ Climate pavilion: Thanks to Weimar - looking forward to Jena / Anja Siegesmund: “Climate protection has a home here”. BundesUmweltPortal, September 1, 2018, accessed on February 4, 2019 .
  32. ↑ Climate pavilion comes to Jena. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung. OTZ OSTTHÜRINGER ZEITUNG VERLAG GmbH & Co. KG, September 1, 2018, accessed on February 4, 2019 .
  33. ↑ Wolfgang Hirsch: Climate pavilion comes to Gera. In: Thüringische Landeszeitung. Mediengruppe Thüringen Verlag GmbH, June 22, 2019, accessed on September 20, 2019 (German).
  34. ^ Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation: Hydrogen train: premiere ride in the Schwarzatal. February 4, 2019, accessed February 5, 2019 .
  35. ↑ Siegesmund: "We already have more heat and heavy rain". Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
  36. ^ Thuringian Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Nature Conservation: # COP24 - Environment Minister Anja Siegesmund at the World Climate Conference in Katowice. December 20, 2018, accessed February 3, 2019 .
  37. ↑ Membership of members of the state government in management and supervisory bodies for the acquisition of companies. (PDF) In: Drucksache 6/133. Thuringian State Parliament, January 21, 2015, accessed on February 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Siegesmund, Anja
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaschta, Anja (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera