Delara Burkhardt

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Delara Burkhardt
candidate for the 2019 European elections
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Personal details
Born (1992-11-03) 3 November 1992 (age 31)
Hamburg, Germany
Political party German:
Social Democratic Party
 EU:
Party of European Socialists
Alma materUniversity of Kiel

Delara Burkhardt is an Iranian-German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Born to an Iranian mother and a German father,[2] Burkhardt grew up in Siek, Holstein and studied political science at the University of Kiel from 2012 until 2016.

Political career[edit]

In parliament, Burkhardt is a member of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

In addition to her committee assignments, Burkhardt is part of the Spinelli Group,[3] the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity,[4] the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages,[5] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[6] the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas,[7] and of the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.[8]

On 4 February 2021 Burkhart took on a godparenthood for Katsyaryna Andreeva, Belarusian journalist and political prisoner.[9]

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Burkhardt was part of her party's delegation in the working group on climate protection and energy policy, co-chaired by Matthias Miersch, Oliver Krischer and Lukas Köhler.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. ^ Jonas Jordan (4 March 2019), Delara Burkhardt: Sie will mehr als Europa-Fahnen schwenken Vorwärts.
  3. ^ Board & Members Spinelli Group.
  4. ^ Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity European Parliament.
  5. ^ Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages European Parliament.
  6. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  7. ^ Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
  8. ^ Members Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.
  9. ^ "Members of Parliament from Switzerland, Germany and Ireland take over godparenthood for Yuliya Slutskaya, Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Vitold Ashurak". Libereco. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. ^ Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP[permanent dead link] Deutschlandfunk, October 27, 2021.

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