Moroccan-German Politician Makes History with Bundestag Election Win

It is in the constituency of Cologne, in western Germany, that Sanae Abdi, from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), won a direct mandate in the federal elections, according to the German press agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur. At the age of 35, this woman of Moroccan origin obtained 27.89% of the votes, far ahead of Karsten Möring, of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who only collected 22.63% of the votes.

Sanae Abdi was born on July 7, 1986 in Tétouan. A graduate of the Adolf Reichwein comprehensive school in Lüdenscheid, she also studied law in Marburg, Bonn and Cologne. From 2013 to 2018, she was a research assistant in law firms in Cologne.

Since 2018, she has been a project manager specialized in controlling at the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ). Today, she is elected as a member of parliament.