Global InformationAwet Tesfaiesus information
Awet Tesfaiesus | |
|---|---|
 Tesfaiesus in 2022 | |
| Member of the Bundestag for Hesse | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2021 | |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
| Constituency | Greens list |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1974 Asmara, Eritrea Province, Ethiopia (modern-day Eritrea)[1] |
| Political party | Greens |
| Children | 1[1] |
| Alma mater | Frankfurt University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Awet Tesfaiesus (Tigrinya: ዓወት ተስፋየሱስ; born 5 October 1974) is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2021. Previously a lawyer who represented asylum seekers and refugees, Tesfaiesus was elected as a city councillor for the city of Kassel in 2016. Tesfaiesus was elected in the 2021 German federal election as a member of the Green Party list in the state of Hesse. She is the first black woman to ever be elected to the Bundestag.[1]
- ^ a b c Ndungidi, Patrick (27 September 2021). "Awet Tesfaiesus, first black woman in the German Bundestag". African Shapers. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.