Manuel Sarrazin

Manuel Sarrazin
Manuel Sarrazin
	Manuel Sarrazin in 2017
Member of the Bundestag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2017
Personal details
Born	6 February 1982 (age 42); Dortmund, West Germany; (now Germany)
Political party	Greens
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Bremen; University of Hamburg;

Manuel Ferdinand Theodor Sarrazin (born 6 February 1982) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hamburg since 2008.^[1]

Early life and education

Sarrazin was born in Dortmund and has lived in the Hamburg district of Harburg since 1995. After graduating from the local Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium in 2001 and completing his civilian service, he began studying history, Polish and law at the University of Bremen in 2002. In 2005, he moved to the University of Hamburg, where he completed his studies in History, Eastern European Studies and Law in 2013.

Political career

From 2004 to 2008 Sarrazin was a member of the State Parliament of Hamburg.

Sarrazin succeeded Anja Hajduk in the Bundestag on 13 May 2008.^[2] He is a member of the Committee on European Affairs^[3] and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.^[4]^[5] From 2008 until 2013, he also served on the Budget Committee's Subcommittee on European Affairs. For his parliamentary group he is spokesman for Eastern European policy.^[6]

In addition to his committee assignments, Sarrazin has been serving as deputy chairman of the German-Polish Parliamentary Friendship Group since 2018.

Other activities

Southeast Europe Association (SOG), President^[7]
Institute for European Politics (IEP), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2012)

References

^ "Manuel Sarrazin | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.
^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Infos zur Person". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Anton Troianovski (July 23, 2015), German Finance Chief Schäuble’s Tough Tone Heightens Uncertainty Over Bailout Wall Street Journal.
^ "German Bundestag - Committee on European Union Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
^ "German Bundestag - Foreign Affairs". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
^ Bundestagsfraktion, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. "Die fachpolitischen SprecherInnen". Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Presidium Southeast Europe Association (SOG).