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Throughout her career she has been a strong advocate for the multilateral system, human rights, and climate policy.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      She was an elected member of the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) from 2013 until June 2025.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      In 2018, she was elected co-chairperson of the Green Party and held the position of party leader until 2022.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      Prior to becoming an MP, Annalena Baerbock advised her party\u2019s parliamentary group in the German Bundestag on foreign and security policy and served as chairperson of her party in the federal state of Brandenburg. From 2005 to 2008 she worked for a Member of the European Parliament.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      Annalena Baerbock holds a Master of Laws (LLM) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Hamburg University.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n      She was born in Hanover on 15 December 1980 and has two daughters.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her Excellency Ms. Annalena Baerbock President of the 80th Session of the Âé¶¹APP General Assembly Ambassador Annalena Baerbock served as Germany\u2019s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from December 2021 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":0,"parent":288396,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h3>Her Excellency Ms. Mar\u00eda Fernanda Espinosa 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