Political Career
- 1985 - 1989: Press spokeswoman for the Green party of West Germany.
- 1985 - 1998: Member of the European Parliament (Chairwoman of the Green Party faction from 1994 to 1998).
- 1998 - March 2001: Member of the Green Party faction in the German Parliament (Bundestag).
- Chairwoman of the Human Rights Board in the German Parliament
- March 2001 - December 2002: Chairwoman of the German Green Party (together with Fritz Kuhn).
- September 22, 2002 - today: Member of the Green Party faction in the Bundestag.
- October 2004 - today: Chairwoman of the German Green Party (together with Reinhard Bütikofer until 2008, then Cem Özdemir).
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