Deborah Düring

Deborah Düring (born 18 July 1994)[1] is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Hesse since 2021 elections.[2]

Deborah Düring
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
Born (1994-07-18) 18 July 1994
Munich, Germany
NationalityGerman
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens

Early life and career

Born in Munich, Düring grew up in Wolnzach, Bavaria.[3]

After graduating high school, Düring spent a voluntary social year working with indigenous communities in Costa Rica.[4] She studied social science in Augsburg and spent a semester abroad in Lima, Peru. After completing her Bachelor's degree, including a dissertation on resource conflict, Düring began studying for a Master's degree in Peace and Conflict Research at Goethe University Frankfurt, TU Darmstadt and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt.

From 2018 to 2020, Düring worked as a trainee at the state investment bank KfW in the field of development work.[5]

Political career

Early in her career, Düring held the position of speaker at the Green Youth in Augsburg. Since 2019, she has been speaker for the Green Youth in Hesse.

Since 2021, Düring has been a member of the Bundestag.[1][6] In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development. She is also her parliamentary group’s spokesperson on development policy.

Personal life

Düring lives in Frankfurt’s Bockenheim district.[7] She is a vegetarian.[8]

References
  1. "Deborah Düring, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen" (in German). bundestag.de. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. "Grüne in Frankfurt: Große Freude und ein bisschen Frust nach der Bundestagswahl 2021 – Frankfurt". fnp.de (in German). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. Mechthild Harting (3 August 2021), Grünen-Politikerin Düring: „Gleichberechtigung ist ein tagtäglicher Kampf“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  4. Mechthild Harting (3 August 2021), Grünen-Politikerin Düring: „Gleichberechtigung ist ein tagtäglicher Kampf“ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  5. "Deutscher Bundestag - Abgeordnete" (in German). Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  6. "Gewählte in Landeslisten der Parteien in Hessen - Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. Georg Leppert (9 September 2021), Bundestagswahl 2021: WG-Zimmer in Berlin gesucht Frankfurter Rundschau.
  8. Georg Leppert (9 September 2021), Bundestagswahl 2021: WG-Zimmer in Berlin gesucht Frankfurter Rundschau.


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