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Petra Kelly
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German politician and activist (1947-1992)
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Petra Kelly was a German politician, activist, environmentalist, and political scientist. Born Petra Karin Lehmann in Günzburg in 1947, she held citizenship in Germany and was educated at the American University and the University of Amsterdam. She spoke German and English. Kelly served as a member of the German Bundestag and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. She was affiliated with the Social Democratic Party of Germany and Alliance '90/The Greens.
Her notable works include *Fighting for hope* and *Mit dem Herzen denken*. She received the Light of Truth Award and the Right Livelihood Award. Kelly worked in Bonn and Brussels. She was the unmarried partner of Gert Bastian, who killed her in Bonn on October 1, 1992. Her manner of death was homicide.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1947
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Fighting for hope
- Mit dem Herzen denken
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Chief whip
- Joschka Fischer
- Preceded by
- Office established
- Succeeded by
- Waltraud Schoppe
- Constituency
- The Greens List
- Born
- Petra Karin Lehmann , 29 November 1947, Günzburg , Bavaria , Germany
- Died
- 1 October 1992 (1992-10-01) (aged 44), Bonn , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
- Party
- The Greens
- Domestic partner
- Gert Bastian
- Alma mater
- American University , University of Amsterdam
- Occupation
- Activist, politician
- Awards
- Right Livelihood Award
- Website
- petrakellystiftung .de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karin
- Family name
- Lehmann
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Günzburg
- Place of death
- Bonn
- Occupation
- environmentalist
- Position held
- member of the German Bundestag
- Educated at
- University of Amsterdam
- Political party
- Alliance '90/The Greens
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- German
- Image
- Petra Kelly.jpg
- Work location
- Brussels
- Residence
- Tannenbusch
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- Commons category
- Petra Kelly
- date of birth
- 1947-11-29
- date of death
- 1992-10-01
- manner of death
- homicide
- unmarried partner
- Gert Bastian
- killed by
- Gert Bastian
- birth name
- Petra Karin Lehmann
- catalog code
- 11001081
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Kelly and Otto Schily after the 1983 West German federal election Joseph Beuys with Petra Kelly. Photographed by Rainer Rappmann [de] Petra Karin Kelly (29 November 1947 – c. 1 October 1992) was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence both nationally in Germany and worldwide. In 1982, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "forging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, social justice and human rights."
Early life and education
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