Ska Keller

Ska Keller MEP
Keller in 2022
Leader of the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament
In office 14 December 2016 – 12 October 2022 Serving with Philippe Lamberts
Preceded by	Rebecca Harms
Succeeded by	Terry Reintke
Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens in Brandenburg
In office 12 November 2007 – 14 November 2009 Serving with Axel Vogel
Preceded by	Kahrin Vohland
Succeeded by	Annalena Baerbock
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2009
Constituency	Germany
Personal details
Born	Franziska Maria Keller (1981-11-22) 22 November 1981 (age 42) Guben, East Germany
Political party	Alliance 90/The Greens
Spouse	Markus Drake
Alma mater	Free University of Berlin
Website	ska-keller.de/en

Franziska Maria "Ska" Keller (German: [ˈskaː ˈkɛlɐ]; born 22 November 1981) is a German politician and member of the European Parliament for the Germany constituency. She is a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens, part of the European Green Party.^[1]

From 2016 to 2022, Keller served as co-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. She has been a member of the Committee on Fisheries (PECH) as well as the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). She was the European Greens' frontrunner during the European elections 2014 together with José Bové and has been elected to lead them again for the European elections 2019, together with Dutchman Bas Eickhout.^[2] She is currently serving her third term in office (2019–2024), while she was first elected into the European Parliament at the age of 27 in 2009.