Ye-One Rhie
Ye-One Rhie | |
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| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1987 Aachen,West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
Ye-One Rhie(born 1987) is a German politician of Korean descent[1][2]who has been serving as a member of theBundestagsince the2021 German federal election,representing theAachen Idistrict.
Early life and career
[edit]Rhie was born inAachentoSouth Koreanparents. She studiedpolitical scienceandcommunication studiesatRWTH Aachen Universityfrom 2006 to 2012.[3]
Rhie began her professional career at theBertelsmann FoundationinGüterslohin 2013. From 2015 until 2021, she worked as an advisor at the State Ministry on Innovation, Science and Research inDüsseldorf.[3]
Political career
[edit]Since 2014, Rhie has been a member of the City Council of Aachen.
Rhie was elected to theBundestagin the2021 German federal election.[4]In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.[3]
In addition to her committee assignments, Rhie is part of the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations withBenelux.
Other activities
[edit]- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2022)[5]
- In December 2022, Rhie became politically sponsor of 32-year-old rapperToomaj Salehian Iranian political prisoner who was in danger of imminent execution on bogus charges of “corruption on earth”.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Rhie shares an apartment with fellow parliamentariansLena WernerandBrian Nickholz[7]in theMoabitdistrict of Berlin.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Moon tries to fan flame of warmer relations with North".koreajoongangdaily.joins.5 October 2021.Retrieved14 October2021.
- ^Georg Ismar and Hans Monath (28 September 2021),Aufbruchsstimmung in verjüngter Fraktion: Die Sorgen des Olaf ScholzDer Tagesspiegel.
- ^abcYe-One RhieBundestag.
- ^"Young politician of Korean heritage earns seat in German parliament".koreatimes.29 September 2021.Retrieved14 October2021.
- ^Political Advisory BoardBusiness Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
- ^German MPs Sponsor Iranian Protesters In Danger Of Execution
- ^Okan Bellikli (26 December 2021),Drei SPD-Abgeordnete ziehen zusammen: Wer putzt in der roten Abgeordneten-WG?Der Spiegel.
- ^Jonas Jordan (2 December 2021),Ye-One Rhie: Mit Ulla Schmidts Hilfe im BundestagVorwärts.
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