Simone Peter

Simone Peter has one of the more striking trajectories I have come across: a trained microbiologist from Saarland who rose to co-chair Germany's Greens alongside Cem Özdemir from 2013 to 2018. I am fascinated by the leap from the laboratory to national environmental politics, because a scientist who can read data and argue from evidence brings a discipline that politics badly needs. Her background as an environmentalist and editor only sharpens that profile. We talk a lot about wanting evidence-led leadership; Peter is what it actually looks like, and I wish there were many more like her.

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Name (English)

Simone Peter

Name (Japanese)

ジモーネ・ペーター

Reading

じもーね・ぺーたー

Born

December 3, 1965 (age 60)

Origin

Quierschied, Saarland, Germany

Occupation

politician / environmentalist / microbiologist / editor-in-chief

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

University

Saarland University

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Golden Duck Award

• Official sitehttps://simone-peter.eu
• Xhttps://x.com/peter_simone
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone%20Peter
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109979

Tags

• Saarland
• politician
• environmentalist
• microbiologist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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