Niema Movassat

Niema Movassat (born 22 August 1984) is a German politician who represents The Left. He has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2009.[1]

Niema Movassat
Niema Movassat in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1984-08-22) 22 August 1984
Wuppertal, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyThe Left

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.[2] He is a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection.[3] In June 2020, Movassat announced that he will not seek a fourth term in the 2021 German federal election.[4]

References
  1. "Niema Movassat | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. Bundestag, Fraktion DIE LINKE im. "Profil". Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. "German Bundestag - Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection". German Bundestag. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  4. Movassat.de: Zeit für persönliche Veränderung, 15 June 2020 (German)


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