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Sebastian Edathy | |
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 Edathy in 2013 | |
| Chair of the Internal Affairs Committee | |
| In office 18 October 2005 – 17 October 2009 | |
| President | Norbert Lammert |
| Preceded by | Cornelie Sonntag-Wolgast |
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Bosbach |
| Member of the Bundestag for Nienburg II – Schaumburg | |
| In office 27 September 1998 – 10 February 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ernst Kasting |
| Succeeded by | Maik Beermann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 September 1969 Hanover, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Hannover |
| Profession | Sociologist |
| Website | www |
Sebastian Edathy (German pronunciation: [eˈdaːti]; born Sebastian Edathiparambil; 5 September 1969) is a German former politician. He was a prominent member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and became the chairman of a key committee in January 2012 at the Parliament, which was investigating failures of police and intelligence units in the serial murders of nine immigrants by the far-right German terrorist group National Socialist Underground (NSU) from 2000 to 2007. The NSU committee questioned various officials from Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office during 2012 and 2013. His alleged possession of child porn material sparked the Edathy-Affäre.