Belit Onay

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Belit Onay
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Onay in 2018
Mayor of Hanover
Assumed office
22 November 2019
Preceded by Stefan Schostok
Personal details
Born (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 43)
Goslar, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Nationality German
Political party Alliance 90/The Greens (2008–present)
Alma mater Leibniz University Hannover
Website www.belit-onay.de

Belit Nejat Onay (born 15 January 1981) is a German politician of Turkish origin for the Alliance 90/The Greens. He was elected Mayor of Hanover in 2019, and took office on 22 November.[1][2][3][4]

Role in national politics

Onay was born in Goslar. In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) on the national level following the 2021 German elections, he was part of his party's delegation in the working group on social policy, co-chaired by Dagmar Schmidt, Sven Lehmann and Johannes Vogel.[5]

Onay was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[6]

Other activities

Corporate boards

  • Deutsche Messe AG, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)[7]
  • Sparkasse Hannover, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2019)[8]

Non-profit organizations

  • Islamkolleg Deutschland (IKD), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2021)[9]

References

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  5. Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  6. Drucksache 18/10450: Niedersächsische Mitglieder der 17. Bundesversammlung am 13. Februar 2022 State Parliament of Lower Saxony.
  7. Supervisory Board Deutsche Messe.
  8. Supervisory Board Sparkasse Hannover.
  9. Board of Trustees Islamkolleg Deutschland (IKD).

External links

Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Hanover
22 November 2019 –
Incumbent


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