Electoral firsts in Germany explained

This article lists electoral firsts in Germany.

Women

• Angela Merkel in 2005

• Ursula von der Leyen in 2013

• Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt in 1961

• Awet Tesfaiesus in 2021^[1]

First Moroccan woman

• Sanae Abdi in 2021^[2]

LGBT

• Herbert Rusche in 1985

• Guido Westerwelle in 2009

• Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin in 1987

• Barbara Hendricks in 2013

First bisexual Member of the Bundestag

• Ricarda Lang in 2021^[3]

First transsexual Member of the Bundestag

• Nyke Slawik and Tessa Ganserer in 2021^[4]

Ethnic minorities

First MPs of African descent

Senegalese

• Karamba Diaby in 2013^[5]
• Charles M. Huber in 2013^[6]

First MPs of Asian descent

Iranian

• Sahra Wagenknecht in 2005

Korean

• Ye-One Rhie in 2021^[7]

First MPs of European descent

Bosnian

• Adis Ahmetovic and Jasmina Hostert in 2021

First MPs with disabilities

• Heike Heubach (deaf) in 2024^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ndungidi. Patrick. 2021-09-27. Awet Tesfaiesus, first black woman in the German Bundestag. 2021-11-21. African Shapers. en-GB.
2. Web site: Goff. Shaquile. Morocco-born Female Politician Elected to German Parliament in Historical First. 2021-10-03. moroccoworldnews. en.
3. Web site: Schulze. Micha. Ricarda Lang ist das erste offen bisexuelle Mitglied des Bundestags. 2021-10-31. queer.de. de-DE.
4. Riham Alkousaa (September 28, 2021), Two transgender women win seats in German parliament Reuters.
5. News: 26 October 2021. Germany's first post-Merkel parliament meets, breaks new ground for diversity. en. France 24. 21 November 2021.
6. Web site: 2013-09-24 . Germany's first two black MPs enter parliament . 2022-12-17 . the Guardian . en.
7. Web site: 2021-09-29 . Young politician of Korean heritage earns seat in German parliament . 2021-10-14 . koreatimes . en.
8. Web site: 2024-03-21 . German parliament welcomes its first deaf lawmaker . 2024-04-04 . The Independent . en.