Rasmus Andresen (born 20 February 1986) is a German politician of the

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who has been serving as a

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since 2019.

Biography

Andresen mainly grew up in

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg's ...

and belongs to the

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. He graduated from Duborg-Skolen in Flensburg and later with a bachelor's degree from

Roskilde University Roskilde University (, abbreviated RUC or RU) is a Danish public university founded in 1972 and located in Trekroner in the Eastern part of Roskilde. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variet ...

in Denmark.

Political career

From

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to 2019, Andresen served as a member of the

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, representing

. At the time of his first election, he was the parliament's youngest member at 23. From 2017 until 2019, he served as vice-president of the Landtag. Andresen has been a

since the 2019 European elections. He has since been serving on the

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. He is also a member of the European Internet Forum, the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption, the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity, the

European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights The European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights is an intergroup of the European Parliament's legislators which focuses on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons both inside and outside the European Uni ...

, the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas and the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages. Since 2021, Andresen has been leading the German delegation within the

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group, succeeding Sven Giegold.

Other activities

* Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM), Member (since 2010)

Political positions

In May 2021, Andresen joined a group of 39 mostly Green Party lawmakers from the European Parliament who in a letter urged the leaders of Germany, France and Italy not to support Arctic LNG 2, a $21 billion Russian Arctic

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(LNG) project, due to climate change concerns. On March 16, 2021, Andresen took on a godparenthood for Igor Bancer, a singer and

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from

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References

External links

MEP Profile

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