Helga Lange

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Helga Lange (born December 23, 1949 in Steinfeld (Oldenburg) ) is a German politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ).

Life

Helga Lange grew up in the Oldenburger Münsterland as the daughter of a country doctor . She studied at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and the University of Bielefeld . This was followed by a professional activity as a teacher at a Waldorf school in Bielefeld .

Lange has lived in Halle (Westphalia) since 1978 . She is married and has three daughters.

politics

In 1981 the local Green Association of the City of Halle (Westphalia) was founded in the living room of the Lange family. Since then, Helga Lange has been a member of the Green Party - from 1993 Alliance 90 / The Greens .

With the local elections in 1984 she became a councilor in Halle (Westphalia). She was a member of Hall's city ​​council for 30 years until the 2014 local elections and chaired the Green parliamentary group as spokesperson. In 1987 she also moved up as a member of the district assembly in the Gütersloh district , where she has been the parliamentary group chairman of the Greens district assembly since 1999 .

From 1998 to 2014 she was one of the two chairmen of the Green District Association of East Westphalia-Lippe . Since 1998, Lange has been a member of the regional council of the district government for the Detmold administrative region .

Honor

On July 15, 2013, Helga Lange was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon for her political commitment .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Neue Westfälische: The Haller Greens founded in the living room, July 16, 2013
  2. ↑ Green district council group Gütersloh: A good choice , accessed on June 19, 2014
  3. ^ The bell online: Federal Cross of Merit for Helga Lange , July 17, 2013
  4. ^ Neue Westfälische: "Recognition for green work" - Hall politician Helga Lange receives Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon, July 15, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Long, Helga
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local and regional politician (GREEN)
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinfeld (Oldenburg) , Lower Saxony