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Barbara LochbihlerMEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office 14 July 2009 – 2019
Constituency	Germany
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-20) 20 May 1959 (age 65) Obergünzburg, Free State of Bavaria, Germany
Political party	German: Alliance 90/The Greens  European Union: The Greens–European Free Alliance

Barbara Lochbihler (born 20 May 1959, Obergünzburg) is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Green Party.

Early career

Between 1992 and 1999 Lochbihler was the Secretary General of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. For a decade from 1999 she served as Secretary General at Amnesty International Germany.

Political career

After becoming a Member of the European Parliament, Lochbihler served on the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), including as chairwoman from 2011 until 2014. She was also a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Within her Greens–European Free Alliance parliamentary group, Lochbihler served as the human rights and foreign policy spokesperson.

Already in 2016, Lochbihler announced that she would not stand in the 2019 European elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

Other activities

• Petra Kelly Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees

References

1. "Barbara LOCHBIHLER - History of parliamentary service - MEPs - European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
2. van Haute, Emilie (2016). Green Parties in Europe. Routledge. p. 134. ISBN 9781472434432.
3. Sagener, Nicole (12 February 2016). "Barbara Lochbihler: "Sklaverei, Menschenhandel und illegale Fischerei in Thailand gibt es nach wie vor"". Euractiv Germany. Berlin. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
4. Board of Trustees: Barbara Lochbihler Archived 2018-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Petra Kelly Foundation.

v t e German members of the European Parliament (2009–2014)
Christian Democratic Union	Burkhard Balz Reimer Böge Elmar Brok Daniel Caspary Christian Ehler Karl-Heinz Florenz Michael Gahler Ingeborg Grässle Peter Jahr Elisabeth Jeggle Christa Klaß Dieter-Lebrecht Koch Werner Kuhn Werner Langen Kurt Lechner Klaus-Heiner Lehne Hans-Peter Liese Thomas Mann Hans-Peter Mayer Doris Pack Markus Pieper Hans-Gert Pöttering Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Herbert Reul Horst Schnellhardt Birgit Schnieber-Jastram Andreas Schwab Renate Sommer Thomas Ulmer Sabine Verheyen Axel Voss Rainer Wieland Hermann Winkler Joachim Zeller
Social Democratic Party	Udo Bullmann Ismail Ertug Knut Fleckenstein Evelyne Gebhardt Jens Geier Norbert Glante Matthias Groote Jutta Haug Petra Kammerevert Constanze Krehl Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler Bernd Lange Jo Leinen Norbert Neuser Bernhard Rapkay Ulrike Rodust Dagmar Roth-Behrendt Martin Schulz Peter Simon Birgit Sippel Jutta Steinruck Barbara Weiler Kerstin Westphal
Alliance 90/The Greens	Jan Philipp Albrecht Franziska Brantner Reinhard Bütikofer Michael Cramer Sven Giegold Gerald Häfner Rebecca Harms Martin Häusling Ska Keller Barbara Lochbihler Heide Rühle Elisabeth Schroedter Werner Schulz Helga Trüpel
Free Democratic Party	Alexander Alvaro Jorgo Chatzimarkakis Jürgen Creutzmann Nadja Hirsch Wolf Klinz Silvana Koch-Mehrin Holger Krahmer Alexander Graf Lambsdorff Gesine Meißner Britta Reimers Alexandra Thein Michael Theurer
The Left	Lothar Bisky Cornelia Ernst Thomas Händel Jürgen Klute Sabine Lösing Helmut Scholz Sabine Wils Gabi Zimmer
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Albert Deß Markus Ferber Monika Hohlmeier Martin Kastler Angelika Niebler Bernd Posselt Manfred Weber Anja Weisgerber

v t e German members of the European Parliament (2014–2019)
Christian Democratic Union	Burkhard Balz until 31 August 2018 Reimer Böge Elmar Brok Daniel Caspary Birgit Collin-Langen Jan Christian Ehler Karl-Heinz Florenz Michael Gahler Stefan Gehrold since 20 September 2018 Jens Gieseke Ingeborg Gräßle Peter Jahr Dieter-Lebrecht Koch Werner Kuhn Werner Langen Peter Liese Norbert Lins Thomas Mann David McAllister Markus Pieper Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Dennis Radtke since 24 July 2017 Herbert Reul until 6 July 2017 Sven Schulze Andreas Schwab Renate Sommer Sabine Verheyen Axel Voss Rainer Wieland Hermann Winkler Joachim Zeller
Social Democratic Party	Udo Bullmann Michael Detjen since 1 January 2018 Ismail Ertug Knut Fleckenstein Evelyne Gebhardt Jens Geier Matthias Groote until 31 October 2016 Iris Hoffmann Petra Kammerevert Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann Arndt Kohn since 24 February 2017 Dietmar Köster Constanze Krehl Bernd Lange Jo Leinen Arne Lietz Susanne Melior Norbert Neuser Maria Noichl Gabriele Preuß Ulrike Rodust Martin Schulz until 10 February 2017 Joachim Schuster Peter Simon Birgit Sippel Jutta Steinruck until 31 December 2017 Jakob von Weizsäcker until 6 January 2019 Martina Werner Kerstin Westphal Babette Winter since 10 January 2019 Tiemo Wölken since 14 November 2016
Alliance 90/The Greens	Jan Philipp Albrecht until 2 July 2018 Reinhard Bütikofer Michael Cramer Romeo Franz since 3 July 2018 Sven Giegold Rebecca Harms Martin Häusling Maria Heubuch Ska Keller Barbara Lochbihler Terry Reintke Helga Trüpel
The Left	Cornelia Ernst Thomas Händel Sabine Lösing Fabio De Masi until 23 October 2017 Martina Michels Martin Schirdewan since 8 November 2017 Helmut Scholz Gabi Zimmer
Alternative for Germany	Hans-Olaf Henkel Bernd Kölmel Bernd Lucke Jörg Meuthen since 8 November 2017 Marcus Pretzell Joachim Starbatty Beatrix von Storch until 23 October 2017 Ulrike Trebesius
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Albert Dess Markus Ferber Monika Hohlmeier Angelika Niebler Manfred Weber
Free Democratic Party	Nadja Hirsch since 8 November 2017 Wolf Klinz since 8 November 2017 Alexander Graf Lambsdorff until 23 October 2017 Gesine Meißner Michael Theurer until 23 October 2017
Free Voters	Ulrike Müller
Pirate Party	Felix Reda
Human Environment Animal Protection Party	Stefan Eck
National Democratic Party	Udo Voigt
Family Party	Arne Gericke
Ecological Democratic Party	Buchner
Die PARTEI	Sonneborn

• 1959 births
• Living people
• Alliance 90/The Greens MEPs
• Amnesty International people
• German anti–nuclear weapons activists
• German anti-war activists
• German human rights activists
• Women human rights activists
• MEPs for Germany 2009–2014
• MEPs for Germany 2014–2019
• 21st-century women MEPs for Germany
• People from Ostallgäu
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom people