Catherina Pieroth

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Catherina Pieroth-Manelli, 2018

Catherina Pieroth-Manelli (born December 16, 1966 in Wiesbaden ) is a German politician and a member of the Berlin House of Representatives ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ).

biography

Catherina Pieroth was born as the daughter of Hannelore and Elmar Pieroth . After her training as a kindergarten teacher, she studied philosophy and educational sciences ( MA ). She later ran a communications agency.

Party and politics

Pieroth became the state manager of the Berlin Greens in 2011 and was the manager of their parliamentary group in the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2016. In the election to the Berlin House of Representatives in 2016 , she immediately won 30.7 percent of the first votes in the constituency of Tempelhof-Schöneberg 2 and entered the state parliament. As the spokesperson for health policy in her group, she initiated the series “Grün.Gesund.Berlin - in all situations”. In addition to questions of medical care, the events also deal with the basics of a healthy life - good air, less noise, exercise and a healthy diet. As spokeswoman for drug policy, she advocates strengthening prevention, more education about drug addiction and the legalization of cannabis. Since 2018, Catherina Pieroth has also been the science policy spokeswoman for her group. In her constituency, Pieroth launched the “Forum Schöneberg” participation format, in which she works with local residents to improve living conditions in the area.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Gilbert Schomaker: "Elmar Pieroth's daughter wants to go to parliament for the Greens" , Berliner Morgenpost , March 17, 2016.
  2. ^ Elections to the House of Representatives 2016, results
  3. Announcement of the series of events on the website of the green parliamentary group (accessed on November 8, 2018)
  4. ^ Catherina Pieroth. May 21, 2018, accessed on January 31, 2019 (German).
  5. " Mitgestalten !" At www.catherina-pieroth.berlin (accessed on November 8, 2018)