Michel Brandt | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Michel Brandt in 2018 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Member of the European Parliament forGermany | |
| Assumed office 22 January 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1990-07-14)14 July 1990 (age 35) |
| Party | The Left |
| Occupation | Actors |
Michel Brandt (born 14 July 1990) is a German politician. Born inAchim,Lower Saxony, he representsThe Left. Michel Brandt served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofBaden-Württemberg from 2017 to 2021.[1]
Michel Brandt studied acting at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts from 2008 to 2012. During his studies he worked as an actor at the Wilhelma Theatre in Stuttgart, then at the acting studio of the Schauspiel Stuttgart. Since 2012 he is a permanent member of the ensemble at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe. He became member of the bundestag after the2017 German federal election.[2] He is a member of theCommittee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid.[3] His support of thePeople's Protection Units (YPG) led to controversies as ahead of a visit ofRecep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2018; during an inspection of the area the police entered his office to take down a piece of paper depicting a YPG-flag in order to prevent pro–Erdoğan protestors to attack the building. In June 2020, theFederal Constitutional Court issued a verdict that his rights as a parliamentarian were violated with the intrusion of the police.[4] On the 22 January 2018, he entered theParliamentary Assembly of the council of Europe as a substitute and is currently involved in the committee of migration, refugees and displaced Persons.[5]
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