Summary
Niema Movassat (born 22 August 1984) is a German politician from The Left. He served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2009 to 2021.[1]
Niema Movassat | |
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 Movassat in 2014 | |
| Member of the German Bundestag from North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 2009–2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 August 1984 Wuppertal, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | The Left |
Life edit
Movassat was born in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, as the son of an engineer and a radiographer, both of Iranian descent. At the age of three his family moved with him to Oberhausen. Here he first attended the Adolf-Feld-Grundschule and in 2004 he passed his Abitur at the Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium. He then studied law at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, which he completed in April 2009 with the First Legal Examination as Diplom-Jurist. He became member of the bundestag after the 2009 German federal election.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection.[3] In June 2020, Movassat announced that he would not seek a fourth term and stood down at the 2021 German federal election.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Niema Movassat | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "Profil". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection". German Bundestag. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Movassat.de: Zeit für persönliche Veränderung, 15 June 2020 (German)
External links edit
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)