Omid Nouripour | |
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Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens | |
In office 29 January 2022 – 17 November 2024 Serving with Ricarda Lang | |
Deputy |
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Preceded by | Robert Habeck |
Succeeded by | Felix Banaszak |
Member of the Bundestag for Frankfurt am Main II | |
Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Bettina Wiesmann |
In office 1 September 2006 – 26 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Joschka Fischer |
Succeeded by | multi-member district |
Constituency | Greens List |
Personal details | |
Born | Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | 18 June 1975
Citizenship |
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Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
Alma mater | University of Mainz (no degree) |
Omid Nouripour (German pronunciation: [ˈoːmɪt ˈnuːʁipuːɐ̯]; Persian: امید نوریپور [oˈmiːd nuːɾiːˈpuːɾ]; born 18 June 1975) is a German-Iranian politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since 2006, representing the state of Hesse. From 2022 to 2024, he also served as co-leader of Alliance 90/The Greens, alongside Ricarda Lang.[1][2]
Earlier in his career, Nouripour was his parliamentary group's spokesman on foreign affairs, and is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Finance Committee. He is of Iranian background and moved to Germany as a child.