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Anna Katrin Cavazzini (born 12 December 1982) is a German politician of the
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who has been serving as a
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since 2019.


Early life and education

Having grown up in
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, Cavazzini studied
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at the
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. She later completed a
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in
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at the
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and the
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in 2009.


Early career

Following the 2009 European elections, Cavazzini worked as advisor to Ska Keller until 2014. Cavazzini moved to the
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in Berlin in 2014 as a consultant on development financing issues. During this time she was seconded to the
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in New York for one year and worked as an advisor to the 70th President of the
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,
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, from 2015 until 2016. After moving back to Berlin, Cavazzini worked as advisor on trade policy at Campact from 2016 until 2017 and
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at Brot für die Welt in Berlin from 2017 until 2019.


Political career


Early beginnings

In 2018, Cavazzini was one of the candidates to part to join the Green Party's national leadership around co-chairs Annalena Baerbock and
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; she eventually lost in an internal vote against Jamila Schäfer. Within the Green Party, Cavazzini is considered to be part of its left wing.


Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

Cavazzini has been a
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since the 2019 European elections. In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on International Trade (since 2019) and the
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(since 2020), which she chairs. In addition to her committee assignments, Cavazzini is part of the Parliament's delegations for relations with
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and to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption and the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group. In the negotiations to form a so-called
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of the
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(SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Cavazzini was part of her party's delegation in the working group on economic affairs, co-chaired by Carsten Schneider, Cem Özdemir and Michael Theurer. In March 2024, Cavazzini was one of twenty MEPs to be given a "Rising Star" award at ''
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s annual MEP Awards


Other activities

* Heinrich Böll Foundation, Member of the North/South Advisory BoardNorth-South Advisory Board
Heinrich Böll Foundation.


References


External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cavazzini, Anna 1982 births Living people MEPs for Germany 2019–2024 21st-century women MEPs for Germany Alliance 90/The Greens MEPs MEPs for Germany 2024–2029