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Pippa Bartolotti (13 August 1953, Cornwall, United Kingdom) is the current leader of Wales Green Party since January 2012. Previously she was Wales Green Party’s deputy leader in 2010, and was the Green Party's parliamentry candidate for Newport West in the 2010 general election.

Career
By 1991 she had managed two of companies before making the shift into electronics to become become CEO of Encrypta Electronics. Directorships of other companies followed. In 1997 she accepted a position with the Welsh Development Agency working to grow indigenous businesses; from there she moved to the Welsh Assembly Government working on business consultancy. Disillusioned with the slow pace and chronic wastage in civil service, Pippa took early retirement to travel and to become more involved in green politics.

Politics
Pipa Bartolotti is Leader of Wales Green Party, part of the Green Party of England and Wales. She stood for the party in the 2010 UK General Election getting 1.1% of the vote, 2011 National Assembly of Wales Election in South Wales East where the Green Party got 3% and the 2012 Welsh Local Government Elections getting 4.33% of the vote.

She is currently running for the leadership of the Green Party which will be vacated in September.