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'''Sebastian Edathy''' (born September 5 1969) is a [[Germany|German]] [[politician]]. |
'''Sebastian Edathy''' (born September 5 1969) is a [[Germany|German]]-[[Indian]] [[politician]]. |
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Edathy was born in [[Hanover]], the son of an immigrant from [[Kerala]], [[India]],<ref>[http://www.indien-netzwerk.de/navigation/nachrichtenmedien/news/edathy-deu.htm Interview mit Sebastian Edathy (deutsch)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and is a trained [[Sociology|sociologist]]. He has been an [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] member of the German parliament ([[Bundestag]]) since 1998. He was a member of former German chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]]'s [[Red-green alliance|red-green coalition]], and is now a member of chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]'s [[Grand coalition#National level|grand coalition]]. He is the chairman of the [[Bundestag]] Committee on Interior Affairs and was chairman of the German-Indian group of members of parliament. He got reelected again in the general elections in September 2009. |
Edathy was born in [[Hanover]], the son of an immigrant from [[Kerala]], [[India]],<ref>[http://www.indien-netzwerk.de/navigation/nachrichtenmedien/news/edathy-deu.htm Interview mit Sebastian Edathy (deutsch)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and is a trained [[Sociology|sociologist]]. He has been an [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] member of the German parliament ([[Bundestag]]) since 1998. He was a member of former German chancellor [[Gerhard Schröder]]'s [[Red-green alliance|red-green coalition]], and is now a member of chancellor [[Angela Merkel]]'s [[Grand coalition#National level|grand coalition]]. He is the chairman of the [[Bundestag]] Committee on Interior Affairs and was chairman of the German-Indian group of members of parliament. He got reelected again in the general elections in September 2009. |
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Revision as of 16:39, 13 February 2011
Sebastian Edathy (born September 5 1969) is a German-Indian politician.
Edathy was born in Hanover, the son of an immigrant from Kerala, India,[1] and is a trained sociologist. He has been an SPD member of the German parliament (Bundestag) since 1998. He was a member of former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder's red-green coalition, and is now a member of chancellor Angela Merkel's grand coalition. He is the chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Interior Affairs and was chairman of the German-Indian group of members of parliament. He got reelected again in the general elections in September 2009.
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External links
- Edathy's Website
- "Indians in Germany" by Urmila Goel. Original version of contribution to Brij Lal (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora. Singapore: Edition Didier Millet, 2006.
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