Kaya Kinkel (born 22 August 1987 in Viernheim) is a German politician from Alliance 90/The Greens. She has been a member of the Hesse State Parliament since 2017.[1]

Kaya Kinkel
Kinkel in 2019
Members of the Landtag of Hesse
Assumed office
Since October 2017
Preceded byKai Klose
Personal details
Born
Kaya Kinkel

1987 (age 36–37)
Viernheim, Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens

Life

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Kaya Kinkel finished her high school diploma in Rotenburg an der Fulda. She studied Media Business at the Technischen Universität Ilmenau as Bachelor and then moved to University of Kassel, where she graduated with a master's degree in "Sustainable Management". She worked for municipality of Kassel city after graduation.[2]

Politics

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Kinkel is a member of Alliance 90/The Greens and the leader of her party's parliamentary group in the district council of Hersfeld-Rotenburg.[3] Kinkel replaced Kai Klose, who had resigned, in the Hesse state parliament on October 1, 2017. In the 2018 Hessian state election she ran as a candidate in the Hersfeld constituency and entered the parliament again via the state list of her party.[1][4] In the state parliament, she is a member of the Committee on Economy, Energy, Transport and Housing.[3][5] In December 2022, the members of Alliance 90/The Greens elected Kaya Kinkel as a candidate for the constituency 11 Hersfeld for the next state elections in 2023.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hessen hat gewählt: Landtag wächst auf 137 Sitze an - die Abgeordneten im Überblick, focus.de, 29. Oktober 2018
  2. ^ "Hessische Parlamentarismusgeschichte – Zugang zu Quellen & Materialien". parlamente.hessen.de. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  3. ^ a b "Kaya Kinkel | Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen im Hessischen Landtag". gruene-hessen.de. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
  4. ^ "Statistische Berichte – Die Landtagswahl in Hessen am 28. Oktober 2018" (PDF). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. p. 20. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  5. ^ Wir müssen mehr bei den erneuerbaren Energien tun, hessenschau.de, December 2022
  6. ^ GRÜNE nominieren Kaya Kinkel für Wahlkreis 11, osthessen-news.de, December 2022
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