Cem Ince
Cem Ince | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Constituency | Lower Saxony |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1993 Salzgitter, Germany |
| Political party | The Left |
Cem Hamit Ince (born 9 December 1993) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag.[1] A member of The Left, he has represented Lower Saxony since 2025.
Ince was born on 9 December 1993 in Salzgitter and is of Kurdish origin.[1][2] His grandfather moved from Eastern Anatolia to Salzgitter in the late 1960s as a guest worker and worked in the blast furnaces of Salzgitter AG.[2][3] Ince's father also did his apprenticeship and worked at Salzgitter AG before moving to the Volkswagen factory in Salzgitter.[2][3] His grandfather and father were also trade unionists.[2]
Ince graduated from Kranich-Gymnasium Salzgitter in 2012 and then trained to be electronics technician at VW Salzgitter from 2012 to 2015.[1] He also studied business administration and software development at VW Salzgitter.[1] He is an IG Metall member and has been a shop steward at VW Salzgitter since 2012.[1][2] He was the youth and trainee representative at VW Salzgitter from 2014 to 2016 and the chair youth and trainee representative from 2016 to 2020.[1][2] He has been a member of the IG Metall shop steward council at VW Salzgitter since 2022.[1]
Ince has been chairman of The Left's branch in Salzgitter since 2021.[1] He was The Left's candidate in Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel (constituency 49) at the 2025 federal election but was not elected.[4][5] He was however elected to the Bundestag on The Left's state list in Lower Saxony.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "Abgeordnete - Cem Hamit Ince" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Bundestag . Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f Friedrich, Sebastian (12 December 2024). "Von der Werkbank in den Bundestag? Der VW-Arbeiter Cem Ince tritt für die Linke an". Der Freitag (in German). Berlin, Germany. Archived from the original on 26 February 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ a b Culina, Kevin (28 February 2025). "Neue linke Köpfe – und was sie außer „Klassenkampf" noch antreibt". Die Welt (in German). Berlin, Germany. Archived from the original on 1 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Bundestag election 2025: Elected candidates - Elected candidates 'I'". Wiesbaden, Germany: Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Bundestagswahl 2025: Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel (49)". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). Hamburg, Germany. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Bundestag election 2025: Elected candidates - Niedersachsen". Wiesbaden, Germany: Federal Returning Officer. Archived from the original on 28 February 2025. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
