Assumed office
22 November 2019
Preceded by
Personal details
Born
(1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 43)
Goslar, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Political party
Alliance 90/The Greens (2008–present)
Website
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]
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 Germanyin2022.[6]
Political offices
Mayor of Hanover
22 November 2019 –
Incumbent
International
National