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Belit Onay

Belit Onay

German politician

Belit Nejat Onay (born 15 January 1981) is a German politician of Turkish origin for the Alliance 90/The Greens. He was elected Mayor of Hanover in 2019, and took office on 22 November.[1][2][3][4]

Quick Facts Mayor of Hanover, Preceded by ...

Role in national politics

Onay was born in Goslar. In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) on the national level following the 2021 German elections, he was part of his party's delegation in the working group on social policy, co-chaired by Dagmar Schmidt, Sven Lehmann and Johannes Vogel.[5]

Onay was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[6]

Other activities

Corporate boards

  • Deutsche Messe AG, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)[7]
  • Sparkasse Hannover, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2019)[8]

Non-profit organizations

  • Islamkolleg Deutschland (IKD), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2021)[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Grüner Onay wird Oberbürgermeister von Hannover". NDR (in German). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. [2]
    Valerie (28 October 2019). "Der Mann mit der Mobilitätsgarantie". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Belit Nejat Onay" (in German). Bündnis 90/Die Grünen im Landtag Niedersachsen. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Niedersachsen: Neuer Bürgermeister fängt an". NDR (in German). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  5. [5]
    Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  6. [6]
    Drucksache 18/10450: Niedersächsische Mitglieder der 17. Bundesversammlung am 13. Februar 2022 State Parliament of Lower Saxony.
  7. [7]
    Supervisory Board Deutsche Messe.
  8. [8]
    Supervisory Board Sparkasse Hannover.
  9. [9]
    Board of Trustees Islamkolleg Deutschland (IKD).
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