Curriculum Vitae – Katrin Göring-Eckardt Member of the German Bundestag Chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens Parliamentary Group Born May 3rd 1966 in Friedrichroda (Thuringia, formerly GDR); protestant, separated, two sons; 1984 high school diploma, study of theology in Leipzig (no degree) in the GDR without party affiliation, involved in the Arbeitskreis Solidarische Kirche (church of solidarity) 1989 Member of Demokratischer Aufbruch (Democratic Awakening), 1990 founding member of Demokratie Jetzt (Democracy Now) and Bündnis 90 (Alliance 90) 1990-1993 Member of the Thuringian state executive committee of Bündnis 90 1991-1994 Chairwoman in the district assembly of Gotha until 1994 Research aide for the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group in the state parliament of Thuringia 1995-1998 & Chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens Thuringia 2002-2007 1996-1998 Member of the federal executive committee of Alliance 90/The Greens 1995-1998 Research aide for Matthias Berninger, Member of the German Bundestag 1998-2006 Member of the federal advisory board of Alliance 90/The Greens since 1998 Member of the German Bundestag 1998-2002 Parliamentary Secretary of the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group 2002-2005 Chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group 2005-2013 Vice President of the German Bundestag 2005-2009 Spokesperson for arts and culture policy 2007-2013 Member of the Thuringian state executive committee of Alliance 90/The Greens since 2007 Member of the steering committee of the Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag (German Protestant Church Congress) 2011 President of the 33rd German Protest Church Congress in Dresden 2009-2013 Head of the Synode der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland (Synod of the Protestant Church of Germany) since 2012 Member of the federal advisory board of Alliance 90/The Greens 2013 Prime candidate of Alliance 90/The Greens for the federal election since 2013 Chairwoman of Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group .