Luise Amtsberg ( von Jackowski, born 17 October 1984) is a German politician of

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who has been a member of the German

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since the federal election in 2013.Luise Amtsberg, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Bundestag.de She contested the

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in 2013 and 2017. In addition to her parliamentary work, Amtsberg has been serving as the Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance in the

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since 2022.

Early life and education

Amtsberg grew up in the

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district of

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. In 2004, she graduated from high school in

Hemmoor Hemmoor () is a small town in the district of Cuxhaven, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the river Oste, approx. 40 km northeast of Bremerhaven, and 25 km south of Brunsbüttel. History Hemmoor belonged to the Prince-Arch ...

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. From 2004 to 2013, Amtsberg studied Islamic Studies, Political Science and Theology at the Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel. During her studies, she served as

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chairwoman from 2006. In 2013, she graduated with a master's thesis on

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in Islam using the example of the Palestinian women's movement.

Political career

From 2009 to 2012 Amtsberg was a member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein, where she served as her parliamentary group's spokesperson on refugees and

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.Amtsberg: Sie kämpft hart für die Sache
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'', 23 September 2017. From 2012 to 2013, she served as chairwoman of the

Greens. In the 2013 elections, Amtsberg was elected into the Bundestag for the Green Party in Schleswig-Holstein. In parliament, she has been a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs since 2014. In this capacity, she is also her parliamentary group's spokesperson on refugees. From 2014 until 2017, she also served on the Committee on Petitions. In 2017, she ran again on list position 1 and as a direct candidate in the constituency of Kiel 5 and was re-elected. In addition to her committee assignments, Amtsberg has been part of the German delegation to the

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since 2014. She has served as deputy chairwoman of the German-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group (since 2018) and the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East, which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with

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Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

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Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

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, and the

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(2013–2017). She is also a member of the German-Egyptian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Maghreb States. In December 2014, Amtsberg and

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visited the

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to learn more about the plight of

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fleeing the violence in the ongoing Syrian civil war that erupted in 2011. Under the umbrella of the German Parliaments' godparenthood program for human rights activists, Amtsberg has been raising awareness for the work of persecuted dissidents

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of Iran, Günal Kurşun of Turkey, and Issa Amro of

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. In the negotiations to form a so-called

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of the

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(SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, Amtsberg led her party's delegation in the working group on migration and integration; the co-chairs from the other parties were

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and

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Other activities

* German Federal Film Board (FFA), Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022) *

Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship The Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship (german: Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, alternatively translated as "(Federal) Foundation for the Study of Communist Dictatorship in East Germany") is a governmen ...

, Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees * German-Arab Friendship Association (DAFG), Member of the Board * Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ASF), Member *

Pro Asyl PRO ASYL is Germany's largest pro immigration advocacy organization. Founded in 1986 by protestant pastor , Catholic priest Herbert Leuninger and others, the organization has over 18.000 members and an annual budget of more than (as of 2014). It ...

, Member

Personal life

Amtsberg is married. In 2016, she gave birth to a son. The family lives in Berlin.Rebekka Wiese (24 September 2018)
Als junge Mutter im Bundestag: Wenn der Kinderwagen im Plenarsaal gegen die Geschäftsordnung verstößt
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''.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amtsberg, Luise Members of the Bundestag for Schleswig-Holstein Living people 1984 births People from Greifswald University of Kiel alumni Female members of the Bundestag Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens 21st-century German women politicians