Stefan Seidler
Stefan Seidler MP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag from Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Assumed office 27 September 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
| Political party | South Schleswig Voters' Association |
| Alma mater | Aarhus University |
| Website | https://stefan-seidler.info/ |
Stefan Seidler is a Danish-German politician from the South Schleswig Voters' Association (the SSW). He was elected to the Bundestag from Schleswig-Holstein at the 2021 German federal election.[1]
Early life
He was born in Flensburg.
Education
He studied at Aarhus University.
Political career
Seidler has been politically active both in Denmark and in Germany. In Aarhus, he was deputy chairman of Radical Youth, and was later candidate for the both the Danish and the European Parliament for the Danish Social Liberal Party.[2]
In 2021, he contested the constituency of Flensburg – Schleswig on the Denmark–Germany border for the SSW. He was defeated by Robert Habeck from Alliance 90/The Greens, but won a seat on the state list. It is the first time a regionalist party has won seat in the German Parliament since 1953.[3]
References
- ^ "Danska minoriteten kan ta plats i tyska parlamentet". DN.SE (in Swedish). 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "Tidligere Duborg-student er politisk bindeled mellem Slesvig-Holsten og Danmark | Dansk Skoleforening for Sydslesvig e.V." www.skoleforeningen.org. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
- ^ "Danish minority gets representation in German parliament". The Local. 27 September 2021.
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