Leader of the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament
In office 14 December 2016 – 12 October 2022
Serving with Philippe Lamberts
Preceded by
Rebecca Harms
Succeeded by
Terry Reintke
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens in Brandenburg
In office 12 November 2007 – 14 November 2009
Serving with Axel Vogel
Preceded by
Kahrin Vohland
Succeeded by
Annalena Baerbock
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2009
Constituency
Germany
Personal details
Born
Franziska Maria Keller
(1981-11-22) 22 November 1981 (age 42) Guben, East Germany
Political party
Alliance 90/The Greens
Spouse
Markus Drake
Alma mater
Free University of Berlin
Website
ska-keller.de/en
Franziska Maria "Ska" Keller (German:[ˈskaːˈkɛlɐ]; born 22 November 1981) is a German politician and member of the European Parliament for the Germany constituency. She is a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Green Party.[1]
From 2016 to 2022, Keller served as co-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. She has been a member of the Committee on Fisheries (PECH) as well as the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). She was the European Greens' frontrunner during the European elections 2014 together with José Bové and has been elected to lead them again for the European elections 2019, together with Dutchman Bas Eickhout.[2] She is currently serving her third term in office (2019–2024), while she was first elected into the European Parliament at the age of 27 in 2009.
^"Franziska KELLER". Europa. European Parliament. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
^"European Greens elect leading duo". European Greens. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Franziska Maria "Ska" Keller (German: [ˈskaː ˈkɛlɐ]; born 22 November 1981) is a German politician and member of the European Parliament for the Germany...
Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group, under the leadership of co-chairs SkaKeller and Philippe Lamberts. Since 2021, Reintke has been part of the Parliament's...
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of the Council of Europe and candidate of Groen in the 2019 elections) SkaKeller (MEP and candidate of Alliance 90/The Greens in the 2019 elections). Bas...
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European Parliament election the Green candidates were José Bové and SkaKeller. These elections marked the first time there were primaries including...
Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group, under the leadership of co-chairs SkaKeller (2019–2022), Philippe Lamberts (2019–2024), Terry Reintke (since 2022)...
Verhofstadt for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, SkaKeller and José Bové jointly for the European Green Party and Alexis Tsipras...
the new vice chair of the Greens". Die Tageszeitung (in German). p. 2. "SkaKeller and Sven Giegold are the top green duo for the 2019 European elections"...
of her party's state group in Brandenburg. The next year she succeeded SkaKeller as co-chair of the board (with Benjamin Raschke), an office she held until...
(ALDE), Syed Kamall of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), SkaKeller of the Greens, and Gabi Zimmer of the European United Left–Nordic Green...
Parliament election alongside SkaKeller. Under his leadership, GreenLeft won three seats, up from two in 2014. Both Keller and Eickhout later became the...
Verhofstadt for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, SkaKeller and José Bové jointly for the European Green Party and Alexis Tsipras...
the Spotlight interview section. Alexis Tsipras (Greece, European Left) SkaKeller (Germany, European Green Party) Martin Schulz (Germany, Party of European...
which eventually fell down to the Dutch Bas Eickhout and the German SkaKeller. After joining the Parliament, she chaired the Committee on the Internal...
18 November 2021 SWE G/EFA Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance SkaKeller GER Alyn Smith until 12 December 2019 UK Jordi Solé from 8 September...
of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe Jan Zahradil European Green Party Bas Eickhout SkaKeller Party of the European Left Violeta Tomić Nico Cué...
since 2014, alongside successive co-chairs Rebecca Harms (2014–2016), SkaKeller (2016–2022) and Terry Reintke (since 2022). He is a member of the European...
appointed as Greens/EFA deputy chairman, under the leadership of co-chairs SkaKeller and Philippe Lamberts. He repeated as member of the ECON and the FEMM...
Horáček Michael Jacobi Ulla Jelpke (now DIE LINKE) Gisela Kallenbach SkaKeller Petra Kelly Hans-Jürgen Klein Sibyll-Anka Klotz Wilhelm Knabe Jan Korte...
continued throughout February and March 2018. The protests were supported by SkaKeller who is vice-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament...
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