Jasmina Hostert

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Jasmina Hostert (née Pašić; born 3 December 1982) is a German politician of Bosnian descent. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Early life[]

She was born in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the beginning of the Bosnian War, she was seriously injured by a grenade in October 1992, which caused her to lose her right arm.[1]

She fled to Germany with her father, and graduated from the University of Bonn.

In 2014, she received German citizenship .

Career[]

She served as president of the National Paralympic Committee Germany in 2019.[2]

At the 2017 German federal election, she contested the constituency of Böblingen. She contested the same constituency in 2021 and came in second place but was elected to the Bundestag on the state list. She and Adis Ahmetovic, also of the SPD, will become the first MPs of Bosnian descent.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "A Bosnian refugee's path to the German Bundestag". N1 (in Bosnian). 27 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Behinderten-/Rehasport | Jasmina Hostert ist neue WBRS-Präsidentin". www.sportregion-stuttgart.de (in German). Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Two SPD candidates of Bosnian origin win seats in German Bundestag". N1 (in Bosnian). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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