Petra Kelly

Petra Kelly
Kelly in 1983
Leader of The Greens in the Bundestag
In office 29 March 1983 – 3 April 1984 Serving with Otto Schily and Marieluise Beck
Chief Whip	Joschka Fischer
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Waltraud Schoppe
Member of the Bundestag for Bavaria
In office 6 March 1983 – 2 December 1990
Constituency	The Greens List
Personal details
Born	Petra Karin Lehmann 29 November 1947 Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Died	1 October 1992(1992-10-01) (aged 44) Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Cause of death	Murder by gunshot
Political party	The Greens
Domestic partner	Gert Bastian
Alma mater	American University, University of Amsterdam
Occupation	Activist, politician
Awards	Right Livelihood Award

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."