Jutta Paulus
Jutta Paulus (née Wege, born 9 May 1967) is a German politician Bündnis90/Die Grünen and natural scientist, as well as former managing director of the laboratory LAUS GmbH in Kirrweiler/Pfalz. Since 2019, she is a Member of the European Parliament for Greens/EFA. Politico Europe magazine ranks Paulus among the most important politicians and policy makers in the European Union in the implementation of the European Green Deal. Early life and education Paulus graduated from Herderschule Gießen in 1986. She completed her studies in pharmacy at the University of Marburg in 1990 and moved to Neustadt an der Weinstraße. She received her licence to practise as a pharmacist in 1991. Since her marriage in 1991, she has used the name Jutta Paulus, which she kept even after her divorce in 2023. From 1991 to 1998, she worked in a public pharmacy. At the same time, together with two chemists, she set up Labor LAUS GmbH in Neustadt an der Weinstraße as a laboratory for environmental and pollutant analysis, which moved to Kirrweiler in 2006. From 1999 to 2012, she acted there as managing director and until 2014 as head of quality assurance. From 2015, she worked in the Quality and Project