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This article lists electoral firsts in
Germany
.
Women
[
edit
]
First female
chancellor
[
edit
]
Angela Merkel
in 2005
First female
defence minister
[
edit
]
Ursula von der Leyen
in 2013
First female
health minister
[
edit
]
Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt
in 1961
First black woman
MP
[
edit
]
Awet Tesfaiesus
in 2021
[1]
First Moroccan woman
[
edit
]
Sanae Abdi
in 2021
[2]
LGBT
[
edit
]
First gay
Member of the Bundestag
[
edit
]
Herbert Rusche
in 1985
First gay
Vice-Chancellor
[
edit
]
Guido Westerwelle
in 2009
First lesbian
Member of the Bundestag
[
edit
]
Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin
in 1987
First lesbian member of the
Federal Cabinet
[
edit
]
Barbara Hendricks
in 2013
First bisexual Member of the Bundestag
[
edit
]
Ricarda Lang
in
2021
[3]
First transsexual Member of the Bundestag
[
edit
]
Nyke Slawik
and
Tessa Ganserer
in
2021
[4]
Ethnic minorities
[
edit
]
First MPs of African descent
[
edit
]
Senegalese
[
edit
]
Karamba Diaby
in
2013
[5]
Charles M. Huber
in 2013
[6]
First MPs of Asian descent
[
edit
]
Iranian
[
edit
]
Sahra Wagenknecht
in 2005
Korean
[
edit
]
Ye-One Rhie
in 2021
[7]
First MPs of European descent
[
edit
]
Bosnian
[
edit
]
Adis Ahmetovic
and
Jasmina Hostert
in
2021
References
[
edit
]
^
Ndungidi, Patrick (2021-09-27).
"Awet Tesfaiesus, first black woman in the German Bundestag"
.
African Shapers
. Retrieved
2021-11-21
.
^
Goff, Shaquile.
"Morocco-born Female Politician Elected to German Parliament in Historical First"
.
moroccoworldnews
. Retrieved
2021-10-03
.
^
Schulze, Micha.
"Ricarda Lang ist das erste offen bisexuelle Mitglied des Bundestags"
.
queer.de
(in German)
. Retrieved
2021-10-31
.
^
Riham Alkousaa (September 28, 2021),
Two transgender women win seats in German parliament
Reuters
.
^
"Germany's first post-Merkel parliament meets, breaks new ground for diversity"
.
France 24
. 26 October 2021
. Retrieved
21 November
2021
.
^
"Germany's first two black MPs enter parliament"
.
the Guardian
. 2013-09-24
. Retrieved
2022-12-17
.
^
"Young politician of Korean heritage earns seat in German parliament"
.
koreatimes
. 2021-09-29
. Retrieved
2021-10-14
.
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