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My Take
Trittin strikes me as a politician of genuine conviction rather than convenience. A Bremen-born Green who served as Germany's environment minister under Schröder from 1998 to 2005, he helped steer the country's nuclear-phaseout debate from inside power, not just from the sidelines. The pile-up of labels around him, journalist, sociologist, environmentalist, suggests an unusually coherent worldview. I find the 2010 bicycle prize oddly charming, a hint that his principles reach into daily life. He is little known in Japan, but I have a soft spot for figures who hold a clear line across a long career, and Trittin clearly did.
Overview
Jürgen Trittin (born 25 July 1954) is a German Green politician who served as Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jürgen Trittin
- Name (Japanese)
- ユルゲン・トリッティン
- Reading
- ゆるげん・とりってぃん
- Born
- July 25, 1954 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Vegesack, Bremen, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / journalist / environmentalist / social scientist / sociologist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Göttingen
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Der Deutsche Fahrradpreis – best for bike
- 2006 Adam Smith Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.