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 (SSW), the party representing the interests of the Danish and Frisian minority populations in Germany. He was elected to the Bundestag from Schleswig-Holstein in the 2021 German federal election.[1]
Early life and Education
Seidler was born in Flensburg, Germany, and studied at Aarhus University in Aarhus, Denmark.
Political career
Seidler has been politically active in both Denmark and Germany. In Aarhus, he was deputy chairman of Radikal Ungdom, the youth wing of the Danish Social Liberal Party, and later was that party's candidate for both the Danish and the European Parliament.[2]
In 2021, he contested the constituency of Flensburg – Schleswig, at the German-Danish border, for the SSW. He was defeated by Robert Habeck from Alliance 90/The Greens, but won a seat on the party's state list. It is the first time a regionalist party has won a 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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