Omid Nouripour
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Omid Nouripour | |
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Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens | |
Assumed office 29 January 2022 Serving with Ricarda Lang | |
Deputy |
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Preceded by | Robert Habeck |
Member of the Bundestag for Frankfurt am Main II | |
Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Bettina Wiesmann |
In office 1 September 2006 – 26 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Joschka Fischer |
Succeeded by | multi-member district |
Constituency | Greens List |
Personal details | |
Born | Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | 18 June 1975
Citizenship |
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Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Alma mater | University of Mainz (no degree) |
Omid Nouripour (German pronunciation:
Earlier in his career, Nouripour was his parliamentary group's spokesman on foreign affairs, and is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Finance Committee. He is of Iranian background and moved to Germany as a child.
Early life and education
Nouripour was born in Tehran.[2] In 1988, aged 13, Nouripour immigrated to Frankfurt, West Germany, with his family.[3] He studied German, political science, law, sociology, philosophy and economics at the University of Mainz, but did not earn a degree.[4]
In 2002, Nouripour became a German citizen.[3] Because Iran does not allow its citizens to relinquish their citizenship, that country considers him an Iranian citizen as well.
Political career
Nouripour was elected to the German Federal Parliament in 2006 as the second member of Iranian descent (after Michaela Noll-Tadjadod), taking the vacated seat of the former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.[5] He has since been representing the Frankfurt am Main II district and was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2021.
Between 2006 and 2013, Nouripour was a member of the Defence Committee and the Budget Committee, where he served as his parliamentary group's
Nouripour was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2022 and of the Finance Committee from 2021 to 2022. He also served on the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid from 2014 until 2017. He has written widely on migration.[5]
In July 2015, Nouripour joined Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on a trip to Cuba. It was the first time a German foreign minister had visited Cuba since the German reunification in 1990.[6][7]
In addition to his committee assignments, Nouripour was the chairman of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2018 to 2021.[8] Already from 2014, he served as deputy chairman of the German-US Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Nouripour led his party's delegation in the working group on foreign policy, defence, development cooperation and human rights; his co-chairs from the other parties were Heiko Maas and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff.[9]
Political positions
Military procurement
In 2011, Nouripour accused the aerospace company
Relations with the Middle East and the Arab world
Speaking on the
In a study sent to the German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle in May 2012, Nouripour and Hans-Josef Fell proposed that Germany should help Iran expand renewable energy sources to solve the conflict over the nation’s nuclear program and prevent a war in the region.[12] Under the umbrella of the German parliaments’ sponsorship program for human rights activists, Nouripour has been raising awareness for the work of the persecuted Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh since 2012.[13]
When
For years Nouripour opposed listing the Lebanese militant group
In May 2014 and February 2016,[16] Nouripour visited the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan to learn more about the plight of Syrians fleeing the violence in the Syrian civil war that had been going on since 2011.
Until 2020, Nouripour sat on the advisory board of the German Palestinian Society (Deutsch-Palästinensische Gesellschaft), which supports the
In 2013 Nouripour co-sponsored an initiative at the German Bundestag aimed at singling out products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank with a labeling system.[18][19]
Relations with the African continent
Nouripour has in the past voted in favor of German participation in
On
Other activities
- Atlantik-Brücke, Member of the Board
- Berghof Foundation, Member of the Advisory Council[21]
- European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member
- German Africa Foundation, Member of the Board[22]
- German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW), Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2022)[23]
- German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Member of the Council
- German-Mozambican Society, Member of the Advisory Board[24]
- Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), Member[25]
- World Vision Deutschland, Member of the Board of Trustees
- Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF), Member of the Supervisory Board (2009-2013)
- Das Progressive Zentrum, Member of the Circle of Friends (–2021)[26]
References
- ^ Felix Hackenbruch (28 January 2022), Wer folgt auf Habeck, Baerbock & Co? So setzt sich der nächste Vorstand der Grünen zusammen Der Tagesspiegel.
- ^ Chase, Jefferson (8 May 2018). "Iran nuclear deal: Germany's special role and plans". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ a b Brenner, Yermi (2 May 2018). "Conversation with German Politician Omid Nouripour". thenewhumanitarian.org. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- Zeit.de(in German). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ a b Speakers: Omid Nouripour Conference on Germany in the Modern World at Harvard University, April 11–12, 2008.
- ^ Foreign Minister Steinmeier's first visit to Cuba paves way for stronger ties Deutsche Welle, July 17, 2015.
- ^ Ivo Oliveira (July 16, 2015), Germany’s Steinmeier visits Cuba Politico Europe.
- ^ Gremienbesetzungen der Grünen Bundestagsfraktion Green Party Parliamentary Group, press release of April 17, 2018.
- ^ Andreas Apetz and Thomas Kaspar (October 22, 2021), Ampel-Koalition: Alle Verantwortlichen, AGs und Themen im Überblick Frankfurter Rundschau.
- ^ Tim Hepher and Alexandria Sage (May 13, 2011), Record cash pile boosts EADS but draws flak Reuters.
- ^ Souad Mekhennet (January 25, 2012), In Bahrain, Worries Grow of Violent Shiite-Sunni Confrontation International Herald Tribune.
- ^ Stefan Nicola (May 25, 2012), German Greens Urge Solar Aid for Iran to End Nuclear Row Bloomberg.
- ^ Nasrin Sotoudeh - Symbolfigur der Unterdrückten Deutscher Bundestag, December 3, 2012.
- ^ Turkey to ask NATO for missiles on Syria border -German daily Reuters, November 17, 2012.
- New York Times.
- ^ Bundestagspräsident Lammert besucht deutsche Truppen in Incirlik und reist zu Gesprächen nach Jordanien und Kuwait Deutscher Bundestag, press release of February 5, 2016.
- ^ Knight, Ben (17 May 2019). "German parliament condemns 'anti-Semitic' BDS movement". Deutsche Welle.
- ^ "German MP resigns from Palestinian NGO over support for BDS - EXCLUSIVE".
- ^ Kleine anfrage bundestag.de
- Spiegel Online, May 25, 2010.
- ^ Advisory Council Berghof Foundation.
- ^ Board German Africa Foundation.
- ^ Political Advisory Board German Association for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (BVMW).
- ^ Advisory Board German-Mozambican Society.
- tagesspiegel.de(in German). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Circle of Friends Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine Das Progressive Zentrum.