Ricarda Lang

Ricarda Lang (born 17 January 1994) is a German politician and since 2019 deputy co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Jamila Schäfer. She is the first openly bisexual Member of the German Bundestag.[1]

Ricarda Lang
MdB
Lang in 2019
Deputy Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
Assumed office
16 November 2019
Serving with Jamila Schäfer
Leader
Preceded byGesine Agena
Leader of the Green Youth
In office
October 2017 – November 2019
Serving with Max Lucks
Preceded byJamila Schäfer
Succeeded byAnna Peters
Member of the Bundestag
for Baden-Württemberg
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Preceded bymulti-member district
ConstituencyAlliance 90/The Greens List
Personal details
Born (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994
Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
CitizenshipGerman
NationalityGermany
Political partyAlliance '90/The Greens (2012–)
ResidenceBerlin
Alma materHeidelberg University (no degree)
Humboldt University of Berlin (no degree)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Activist
WebsiteParty website

Political career

Early beginnings

Lang joined the Green Party in 2012.[2] From 2017 until 2019, she served as chair of the Green Youth.

Since 2019, Lang has been part of the Green Party’s national leadership around co-chairs Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck.[3]

Lang was a candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election.

Member of the German Parliament, 2021–present

In the 2021 German federal election, Lang contested Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd, but missed the direct mandate. She entered the 20th German Bundestag via the state list.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Lang led her party's delegation in the working group on equality; her co-chairs from the other parties were Petra Köpping and Herbert Mertin.[4]

In parliament, Lang has been serving on the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs since 2021.[5]

Personal life

Lang has been living in Berlin since 2014.[6]

References
  1. Schulze, Micha. "Ricarda Lang ist das erste offen bisexuelle Mitglied des Bundestags". queer.de (in German). Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. Ulrich Schulte (15 November 2019), Ricarda Lang wird die neue Vizevorsitzende der Grünen Die Tageszeitung.
  3. Ulrich Schulte (15 November 2019), Ricarda Lang wird die neue Vizevorsitzende der Grünen Die Tageszeitung.
  4. Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (22 October 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
  5. Ricarda Lang Bundestag.
  6. Milena Hassenkamp (11 September 2021), Grüne Bundestagskandidatin: Die Befreiung der Ricarda Lang Der Spiegel.
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