Karamba Diaby
| Karamba Diaby | |
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| Member of the Bundestag | |
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Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 November 1961 Marsassoum, Senegal |
| Political party |
 Social Democratic Party  Party of European Socialists |
| Alma mater |
Cheikh Anta Diop University Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg[1] |
Karamba Diaby (born 27 November 1961[2]) is a Senegalese-born German chemist and politician.
Early life and education
Diaby grew up in Marsassoum, Senegal. The youngest of four children, he was raised by his sister after losing both of his parents by the time he was 7.[3] A graduate of the Cheikh Anta Diop University, he left Senegal to study chemistry in East Germany and received his diploma 1991. In 1996 he received his Doctor of natural science,[1] and stayed past the reunification of Germany, after which he became more involved in political and social activism.
Member of Parliament
On September 22, 2013, Diaby was elected to the Bundestag as a Social Democratic Party of Germany candidate from Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt; Diaby became one of the first two Bundestag members of African ancestry, alongside Charles M. Huber (born to a Senegalese father and German mother), who was elected at the same time from the Christian Democratic Union.[4]
Diaby currently serves as deputy chairman of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid and as full member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment. On the latter, he is his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on matter related to the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the recognition of your foreign qualifications. Within his parliamentary group, he is a member of the working group on municipal policy.
In addition, Diaby is the deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Francophone States of West and Central Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Chad, Central African Republic).
Other activities
- German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF), Member of the Board (since 2018)[5]
- Federal Agency for Civic Education, Alternate Member of the Board of Trustees
- Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Member of the Board of Trustees[6]
- IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IG BCE), Member
References
- 1 2 Cottrell, Chris. German From Senegal Vies to Break Bundestag Barrier, New York Times, May 31, 2013.
- ↑ Dr. rer. nat. Karamba Diaby, SPD
- ↑ Chris Cottrell (September 23, 2013), 2 Blacks Voted To Parliament In Germany New York Times.
- ↑ Jordans, Frank. Karamba Diaby, Senegal-born Chemist, Becomes Germany's First Black Lawmaker, Huffington Post, September 23, 2013.
- ↑ Drucksache 19/1845: Wahl der Mitglieder des Stiftungsrates der „Deutschen Stiftung Friedensforschung (DSF)“ Bundestag.
- ↑ Board of Trustees Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology.
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