Steffi Lemke, born on January 19th, 1968, in Dessau, is a German politician. She is Member of the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) from ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS for and from Saxony-Anhalt and has been Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection in the Cabinet Scholz since December 8, 2021.
In 1989 she was a co-founder of the Green Party in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). She had already been a Member of the Deutscher Bundestag from 1994 to 2002 and again since 2013. Since then, she has also been the Spokesperson for Nature Conservation Policy for her Faction of ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS in the German Parliament. From 2002 to 2013 she was Federal General Secretary of the Party ALLIANCE 90/THE GREENS and led the federal election campaigns in 2005, 2009 and 2013.
After attending the Polytechnic High School in Dessau, Lemke completed training as a Zootechnician from 1984 to 1986. She then worked as a Postwomen from 1986 to 1988. She attended a part-time Abitur course at the Dessau District Adult Education Center. After graduating from high school in 1988, she studied agricultural science at the Humboldt University in Berlin, graduating in 1993 with a degree in agricultural engineering.