Simone Peter

Simone Peter (born 3 December 1965) is a German Alliance 90/The Greens politician. Between 2013 and 2018, she co-chaired the party along with Cem Özdemir. Political career Between 2009 and 2012, she was Saarland's State Minister for the Environment, Energy and Transport in the cabinet of former Minister-President Peter Müller (CDU). Peter served as a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017. In the unsuccessful negotiations to form a coalition government with the Christian Democrats – both the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU) – and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2017 national elections, Peter was part of the 14-member delegation of the Green Party. Life after politics Since February 2018, Peter has been serving as chairwoman of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE).