Metin Hakverdi (born 25 June 1969) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag for the Hamburg-Bergedorf-Harburg constituency since the

2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian ...

Early life and education

Hakverdi attended high school in Simi Valley, California, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law.

Political career

Career in state politics

Before being elected to the Bundestag, Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013. During his time in Hamburg Parliament, he served on the Budget Committee, among others.

Member of the German Parliament, 2013–present

Hakverdi currently serves on the Bundestag’s Budget Committee as well as the Committee on European Union Affairs. He is a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group, a member of Atlantikbrücke, a member of the German-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group. Within his parliamentary group, he has been chairing a working group on relations with North America since 2018. Hakverdi was a John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow at Harvard University and a Distinguished Visitor at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Other activities

* German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), Member * German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), MemberMetin Hakverdi
Bundestag.

Personal life

Hakverdi is of ethnic

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origin.

References

External links

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Bundestag biography
1969 births Living people Members of the Bundestag for Hamburg Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 German politicians of Turkish descent Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub