Yasmin Fahimi

Yasmin Fahimi (2014)

Yasmin Fahimi (born 25 December 1967 in Hannover) is a German politician and was from January 2014 to December 2015 the general secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).[1][2]

Fahimi's Iranian father died in a car accident before she was born, her mother is German. She studied chemistry at the University of Hannover from 1989 to 1998.

Fahimi has been a member of the Social Democratic Party since 1984. She was a member of the federal executive board of the party's youth organization and from 2009 to 2013 deputy chairwoman of the SPD in Hannover.

In a special party conference on January 26, 2014 Fahimi was elected with 88,5 % of the votes to be general secretary of the SPD and therefore successor of Andrea Nahles.

References

  1. ↑ Scally, Derek (3 June 2014). "No easy answer for Merkel on EU job". The Irish Times. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Anger Mounts as Germany Unearths Second U.S. Spy Suspect". Newsweek. Reuters. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.


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