Nela Riehl | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MEP |
Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
Term Start: | 16 July 2024 |
Constituency1: | Germany |
Birth Date: | 11 September 1985 |
Birth Place: | Hamburg, Germany |
Party: | Volt Europa |
Nela Riehl (born 11 September 1985) is a German politician and teacher who is a Member of the European Parliament for Volt Germany, elected in the 2024 European parliament election.[1] [2]
Riehl resides in Hamburg and is of Ghanaian decent. She is the only black candidate in Germany for the elections.[3]
Until a week before the election she was still working at a secondary school in Hamburg. Her top issues have been promoting diversity and aiming for net-zero emissions.[4]