Reem Alabali-Radovan (born 1990) is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 2021. In addition to her parliamentary work, Alabali-Radovan also currently serves as Minister of State at the Chancellery and

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for Migration, Refugees and Integration in

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since 2021. She is the first person of Iraqi descent in the Bundestag.

Early life

Alabali-Radovan was born in Moscow in 1990. Her parents, Iraqi

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who oppposed the regime of Saddam Hussein, had moved to the Soviet Union in the 1980s to study engineering. Her grandfather, Muhammad Salih Alabali, was an Iraqi resistance leader who was killed by the Hussein regime. In 1996, the family sought, and received asylum in Germany, settling in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. She completed her school education at the Gymnasium Fridericianum Schwerin. Alabali graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science from the Free University of Berlin and has started a master's degree program (distance learning) in Sustainable Development Cooperation at the

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Political career

In 2020, Alabali-Radovan was appointed Commissioner for integration of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state government. At the

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she was elected in the constituency of Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I, defeating incumbent Dietrich Monstadt of the CDU. Within her parliamentary group, Alabali-Radovan belongs to the

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. On 8 December 2021, the

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appointed Alabali-Radovan as Federal Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration with the rank of a Minister of State in the Federal Chancellery. Since 23 February 2022, she has additionally served as the Federal Government Commissioner for Anti-Racism.

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* Living people 1990 births Members of the Bundestag for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Parliamentary State Secretaries of Germany Immigration ministers German anti-racism activists 21st-century German women politicians Female members of the Bundestag German people of Iraqi descent Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany Free University of Berlin alumni 21st-century German politicians People of Iraqi-Assyrian descent {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub