Deborah Saskia Düring (born 18 July 1994) is a German

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politician who has been a member of the

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for the state of

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since the

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Early life and career

Born in

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, Düring grew up in Wolnzach,

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.Mechthild Harting (3 August 2021)
Grünen-Politikerin Düring: „Gleichberechtigung ist ein tagtäglicher Kampf“
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''. After graduating high school, Düring spent a

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working with indigenous communities in Costa Rica. She studied

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and spent a semester abroad in

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, Peru. After completing her

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, including a dissertation on resource conflict, Düring began studying for a

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in ''Peace and Conflict Research'' at

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and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. From 2018 to 2020, Düring worked as a trainee at the state investment bank KfW in the field of development work.

Political career

Early in her career, Düring held the position of speaker at the Green Youth in Augsburg. Since 2019, she has been speaker for the Green Youth in

. Since 2021, Düring has been a member of the

. In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development and the Subcommittee on Global Health. She is also her parliamentary group’s spokesperson on development policy. In addition to her committee assignments, Düring is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the States of Central America.

Other activities

* GIZ, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)Board of Trustees
GIZ.

Personal life

Düring lives in Frankfurt’s Bockenheim district. She is a

vegetarian Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the Eating, consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects as food, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slau ...

.Georg Leppert (9 September 2021)
Bundestagswahl 2021: WG-Zimmer in Berlin gesucht
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''.

References

External links

Official website
(in German) 1994 births Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029 Alliance 90/The Greens politicians Members of the Bundestag for Hesse Living people Female members of the Bundestag 21st-century German women politicians {{Germany-Greens-politician-stub