Tarek Al-Wazir
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Tarek Al-Wazir (born January 3, 1971) is a German politician of the Green Party. He is a member of the Landtag of Hesse and co-chairman of the Hessian Green Party.
[edit] Personal life
Al-Wazir was born in Offenbach am Main as the son of a German mother and a Yemeni father.
After his Abitur in 1991 he studied political science in Frankfurt. He finished with a diplom.
[edit] Political career
Al-Wazir has been a member of the German Green Party since 1989. From 1992-1994 he was chairman of the party's youth organisation (Green Youth) in Hesse. Since 1995 he has been a member of the Landtag. There he is chairman of his party's group and since September 2007 he is also co-chairman of the Hessian Green party (with Kordula Schulz-Asche).
He was top candidate of the Greens for the Hesse state election of 2008, gaining 7,5 % of the votes.
[edit] External links
- Homepage of Tarek Al-Wazir (German)
