Krista Sager (née Schuller; born 28 July 1953) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party who served as party co-leader between 1994 and 1996, and co-leader of the Greens group in the Bundestag between 2002 and 2005.
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Early life and education
Sager was born in Bremen and later worked as a teacher.
Political career
Sager was member Communist League of West Germany (KBW) while at university. She joined the Hamburg Greens in 1982. From 1989 to 1994 and from 1997 to 2002 she was a member of the Hamburg Parliament. From 1991 to 1993, 1993 to 1994, 1997, and from 2001 to 2002 she was leader of the Green group in the state parliament. In 1993 she was the lead candidate in the state elections, in which the Hamburg Greens won 13.5% and 19 seats (up from 9). In 1997 Sager was again the lead candidate of the GAL, which was able to improve its result to 13.9% - the best ever state election result in the Greens' history, and a result that the Hamburg Greens were only able to improve in 2020. She subsequently led the negotiations on a coalition government with the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She served as Second Mayor and Senator for Science, Research, and Equal Rights in the state government of First Mayor Ortwin Runde from 2023 until the 2001 elections.