Ulrike Gote

Gote was elected to the State Parliament of Bavaria in the 1998 Bavarian state election. She was the only Green deputy elected in Upper Franconia, and thus had the responsibility of representing the entire region. During her first term, she was her parliamentary group's spokeswoman for European policy.[1]

Gote served as manager for the Green Party's parliamentary group from 2003 to 2013.[3] During this period, she was also spokeswoman for education, media, and religious policy. She became a member of the Higher Education, Research and Culture Committee and became the first Green member of the State Committee of Catholics. In 2008, she joined the Bavarian regulatory authority as a media councillor. She was also representative of the Greens on the State Council for Monuments from 2006 to 2013.[1]

After the 2013 Bavarian state election, Gote was elected as vice-president of the State Parliament for the Greens. In addition to her existing her posts as spokeswoman for media and religion, she also became legal policy spokeswoman for the Greens. During her term as vice-president, she was involved in the inquiry into the "model car affair" involving former minister Christine Haderthauer and her husband. Gote did not run for re-election in the 2018 Bavarian state election.[1] In February 2019, she replaced Tim Pargent on the Bayreuth city council.

From August 2019 to December 2021, Gote served as City Councillor for Youth, Women, Health and Education in the municipal government of Kassel. She succeeded Anne Janz, who had resigned to became state secretary in the Hessian government.[3]

On 21 December 2021, Gote was appointed State Minister (Senator) for Science, Health, Care and Equality in the Giffey senate. She took over the position from Dilek Kalayci of the SPD.[3]