Yasmin Fahimi
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Yasmin Fahimi (born 25 December 1967 in Hannover) is a German politician and since January 2014 the general secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[1][2]
Fahimi's Iranian father died in a car accident before she was born, her mother is German. She studied chemistry at the University of Hannover from 1989 to 1998.
Fahimi has been a member of the Social Democratic Party since 1984. She was a member of the federal executive board of the party's youth organization and from 2009 to 2013 deputy chairwoman of the SPD in Hannover.
In a special party conference on January 26, 2014 Fahimi was with 88,5 % of the votes elected as successor of Andrea Nahles as general secretary of the SPD.
References[edit]
- ^ Scally, Derek (3 June 2014). "No easy answer for Merkel on EU job". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ "Anger Mounts as Germany Unearths Second U.S. Spy Suspect". Newsweek. Reuters. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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