Niema Movassat (born 22 August 1984) is a German politician from
The Left. He served as a member of the
Bundestag from the state of
North Rhine-Westphalia from 2009 to 2021.
Life
Movassat was born in
Wuppertal,
North Rhine-Westphalia, as the son of an Iranian engineer and an Iranian radiographer. At the age of three his family moved with him to Oberhausen. Here he first attended the Adolf-Feld-Grundschule and in 2004 he passed his Abitur at the Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium. He then studied law at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf, which he completed in April 2009 with the First Legal Examination as Diplom-Jurist. He became member of the bundestag after the
2009 German federal election
Federal elections took place on 27 September 2009 to elect the members of the 17th Bundestag (parliament) of Germany. Preliminary results showed that the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union ...
. He is a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection. In June 2020, Movassat announced that he would not seek a fourth term and stood down at the
2021 German federal election
Federal elections in Germany, Federal elections were held in Germany on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the List of members of the 20th Bundestag, 20th Bundestag. States of Germany, State elections in 2021 Berlin state election, Berli ...
.
Movassat.de: Zeit für persönliche Veränderung
15 June 2020 (German)
References
External links
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Bundestag biography
1984 births
Living people
Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia
Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021
Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017
Members of the Bundestag 2009–2013
Politicians from Wuppertal
German politicians of Iranian descent
Members of the Bundestag for The Left
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