Ramona Pop

Ramona Pop
Ramona Pop
	Pop in 2017
Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin
	In office; 8 December 2016 – 20 December 2021 Serving with Klaus Lederer
Governing Mayor	Michael Müller
Preceded by	Dilek Kalayci
Succeeded by	Bettina Jarasch
Senator for Economics, Energy and Business of Berlin
	In office; 8 December 2016 – 20 December 2021
Governing Mayor	Michael Müller
Preceded by	Cornelia Yzer
Succeeded by	Stephan Schwarz
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
	In office; 21 October 2011 – 4 November 2021
Constituency	Mitte 1 (2011–21); List (2001–11)
Personal details
Born	31 October 1977 (age 47); Timișoara, Romania
Political party	Alliance 90/The Greens
Alma mater	Free University of Berlin

Ramona Pop (born 31 October 1977) is a Romanian-born German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens party who has been serving as chairwoman of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (VZBV) since 2022.^[1] She previously served as a deputy mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economy, Energy, and Enterprises (Senatorin für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe) from 2016 until 2021.^[2]

Early life and education

Pop was born in Timișoara, and grew up in Romania until her family, of mixed Romanian and Romanian German origin, moved to Germany in 1988.^[3] In 1997 she completed high school. Pop studied political science in Münster and later at the Free University Berlin, graduating from its Otto-Suhr-Institut.

Political career

Pop has been a member of the Green party since 1997. In the 2001 state elections, she was elected into the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.^[4] In parliament, she first served as the Green Party’s parliamentary group on youth policies. From 2009, she led the parliamentary group alongside Volker Ratzmann. Pop succeeded Renate Künast as leading candidate after Künast had made mistakes in the election campaign for 2011 Berlin state elections.^[5]

As one of her state's representatives at the Bundesrat, Pop served on the Committee on Economic Affairs.

Pop was a Green Party delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.^[6]

Other activities

Regulatory agencies

Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Member of the Advisory Board^[7]

Corporate boards

Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021)^[8]
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021)^[9]
Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB), Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021)^[10]
Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB), Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2017–2021)^[11]
Messe Berlin, Member of the Supervisory Board^[12]
Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (DKLB), Member of the Supervisory Board

Non-profit organizations

Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2017)^[13]
Transparency International Germany, Member of the Advisory Board^[14]

References

^ Dietmar Neuerer (23 May 2022), Grünen-Politikerin Ramona Pop wird oberste Verbraucherschützerin Handelsblatt.
^ Ramona Pop, parlament-berlin.de
^ Cine este românca de 38 de ani care a devenit viceprimarul Berlinului, 4 ianuarie 2017, CanCan, Retrieved 22 februarie 2017
^ Ramona Pop Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, in German
^ Was Berlins Grüne aus ihren Fehlern gelernt haben, Der Tagesspiegel, in German
^ Liste: Das sind die Berliner Mitglieder der Bundesversammlung Berliner Zeitung, December 9, 2016.
^ Advisory Board Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA).
^ Ramona Pop übernimmt mehrere Aufsichts-Chefposten Focus, January 31, 2017.
^ Ramona Pop übernimmt mehrere Aufsichts-Chefposten Focus, January 31, 2017.
^ Ramona Pop übernimmt mehrere Aufsichts-Chefposten Focus, January 31, 2017.
^ Ramona Pop übernimmt mehrere Aufsichts-Chefposten Focus, January 31, 2017.
^ 2019 Annual Report Messe Berlin.
^ Board of Trustees Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR).
^ Advisory Board Transparency International Germany.

External links

Official Website of Ramona Pop
Ramona Pop at the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
Ramona Pop at the Berlin parliamentary faction of Alliance '90/The Greens

[1] Dietmar Neuerer (23 May 2022), Grünen-Politikerin Ramona Pop wird oberste Verbraucherschützerin Handelsblatt.

[2] Ramona Pop, parlament-berlin.de

[3] Cine este românca de 38 de ani care a devenit viceprimarul Berlinului, 4 ianuarie 2017, CanCan, Retrieved 22 februarie 2017

[4] Ramona Pop Archived 2016-09-19 at the Wayback Machine, Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, in German

[ts-5] Was Berlins Grüne aus ihren Fehlern gelernt haben, Der Tagesspiegel, in German

[6] Liste: Das sind die Berliner Mitglieder der Bundesversammlung Berliner Zeitung, December 9, 2016.

[7] Advisory Board Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA).

[8] Ramona Pop übernimmt mehrere Aufsichts-Chefposten Focus, January 31, 2017.

[9] Ramona Pop übernimmt mehrere Aufsichts-Chefposten Focus, January 31, 2017.

[10] Ramona Pop übernimmt mehrere Aufsichts-Chefposten Focus, January 31, 2017.

[11] Ramona Pop übernimmt mehrere Aufsichts-Chefposten Focus, January 31, 2017.

[12] 2019 Annual Report Messe Berlin.

[13] Board of Trustees Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR).

[14] Advisory Board Transparency International Germany.

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