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Tarek Al-Wazir
Tarek Mohammed Al-Wazir (Arabic: طارق محمد الوزير; born 3 January 1971) is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2025 elections, representing the Offenbach electoral district.
Prior to entering national politics, Al-Wazir served as deputy to the Hessian Minister-President, and Hessian Minister of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development from 2014 to 2024. He was a member of the Landtag of Hesse and as co-chair of the Hesse's Green Party.
Al-Wazir was born in Offenbach am Main, Hesse, the son of an upper-class Yemeni father and a teacher. He holds dual citizenship of Yemen and Germany. His parents divorced while he was a child, and he spent several years of his youth in the Yemeni capital (Sana'a) with his father, an experience he later described as very influential in his personal development.
After his Abitur in 1991, Al-Wazir studied political science in Frankfurt, where he earned a degree.
Al-Wazir is married to a Yemeni woman, with whom he has two sons. They also split time between Germany and Yemen.
Al-Wazir's surname has been an aptronym since he assumed ministerial office in 2014, as الوزير "al-wazīr" is Arabic for "the government minister."
Al-Wazir joined the German Green Party in 1989, and has been a member ever since. From 1992 to 1994 he was chair of the party's youth organisation (Green Youth) in Hesse. He has been a member of the Landtag since 1995 and served as co-chair of the Hessian Green Party (with Kordula Schulz-Asche).
Al-Wazir was the leader of the Greens during the Hesse state election of 2008, and as such was the Green candidate for the position of Minister-President of Hesse. His party gained 7.5% of the votes. In the aftermath of the election, he pushed hard for a "red–green–red" coalition consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, and Die Linke. This would have succeeded if not for an internal revolt by SPD members, forcing a new election in January 2009. In the 2009 elections, he again stood as the Green candidate for minister-president. Surveys showed Al-Wazir to be Hesse's most popular politician at the time of the vote. This time his party, also benefitting from popular anger at the SPD, increased its share to 13.7% of the vote, but the Greens remained out of government.
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Tarek Al-Wazir
Tarek Mohammed Al-Wazir (Arabic: طارق محمد الوزير; born 3 January 1971) is a German politician of Alliance '90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2025 elections, representing the Offenbach electoral district.
Prior to entering national politics, Al-Wazir served as deputy to the Hessian Minister-President, and Hessian Minister of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development from 2014 to 2024. He was a member of the Landtag of Hesse and as co-chair of the Hesse's Green Party.
Al-Wazir was born in Offenbach am Main, Hesse, the son of an upper-class Yemeni father and a teacher. He holds dual citizenship of Yemen and Germany. His parents divorced while he was a child, and he spent several years of his youth in the Yemeni capital (Sana'a) with his father, an experience he later described as very influential in his personal development.
After his Abitur in 1991, Al-Wazir studied political science in Frankfurt, where he earned a degree.
Al-Wazir is married to a Yemeni woman, with whom he has two sons. They also split time between Germany and Yemen.
Al-Wazir's surname has been an aptronym since he assumed ministerial office in 2014, as الوزير "al-wazīr" is Arabic for "the government minister."
Al-Wazir joined the German Green Party in 1989, and has been a member ever since. From 1992 to 1994 he was chair of the party's youth organisation (Green Youth) in Hesse. He has been a member of the Landtag since 1995 and served as co-chair of the Hessian Green Party (with Kordula Schulz-Asche).
Al-Wazir was the leader of the Greens during the Hesse state election of 2008, and as such was the Green candidate for the position of Minister-President of Hesse. His party gained 7.5% of the votes. In the aftermath of the election, he pushed hard for a "red–green–red" coalition consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens, and Die Linke. This would have succeeded if not for an internal revolt by SPD members, forcing a new election in January 2009. In the 2009 elections, he again stood as the Green candidate for minister-president. Surveys showed Al-Wazir to be Hesse's most popular politician at the time of the vote. This time his party, also benefitting from popular anger at the SPD, increased its share to 13.7% of the vote, but the Greens remained out of government.
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