Priska Hinz

Priska Hinz is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. After a career as an educator, she worked in both regional (state) and national politics. She was member of the Bundestag from 2005 to 2014, by winning a seat in the 16th, 17th and 18th Federal election. Hinze then worked as the Environment Minister of Hesse for a decade.

Life Hinz was born on 10 March 1959 in Diez, Rhineland-Palatinate. After graduating from secondary school (Realschule) in 1974 in Herborn, she went to a college for social pedagogy in Limburg an der Lahn, from where she graduated as an educator in 1977. She then worked for the Evangelische Gemeinschaft (Evangelical Community Association) in Herborn from 1977 to 1979 and then worked in children day care centers.

From 1979 to 1982, Hinz worked as an educator and later as manager for the Kindertagesstätte Heilig Geist (Holy Spirit Day Care Centre) in Frankfurt. For a brief year, she also educated at another center in Friedrichsdorf in 1982.

Personal life Hinz is married and has two sons.