Belit Onay
{{Short description|German politician (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
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| name = Belit Onay
| image = Belit Onay 2025 - 02.jpg
| caption = Onay in 2025
| office = Mayor of Hanover
| term_start = 22 November 2019
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| predecessor = Stefan Schostok
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|01|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Goslar, Lower Saxony, West Germany
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| party = Alliance 90/The Greens (2008–present)
| nationality = German
| alma_mater = Leibniz University Hannover
| country = Germany
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Belit Nejat Onay (born 15 January 1981) is a German politician of Turkish origin for the Alliance 90/The Greens. He was elected Mayor of Hanover in 2019, and took office on 22 November.
Role in national politics
Onay was born in Goslar. In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) on the national level following the 2021 German elections, he was part of his party's delegation in the working group on social policy, co-chaired by Dagmar Schmidt, Sven Lehmann and Johannes Vogel.Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), [https://www.waz.de/politik/koaltionsverhandlungen-spd-gruene-fdp-ampel-arbeitsgruppen-id233641303.html SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition] Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
Onay was nominated by his party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022.[https://www.landtag-niedersachsen.de/drucksachen/drucksachen_18_12500/10001-10500/18-10450.pdf Drucksache 18/10450: Niedersächsische Mitglieder der 17. Bundesversammlung am 13. Februar 2022] State Parliament of Lower Saxony.
Other activities
=Corporate boards=
- Deutsche Messe AG, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2020)[https://www.messe.de/en/company/us/management-advisory-board/ Supervisory Board] Deutsche Messe.
- Sparkasse Hannover, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2019)[https://www.sparkasse-hannover.de/de/home/ihre-sparkasse/vorstand.html Supervisory Board] Sparkasse Hannover.
=Non-profit organizations=
- Islamkolleg Deutschland (IKD), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2021)[https://www.islamkolleg.de/das-islamkolleg/ Board of Trustees] Islamkolleg Deutschland (IKD).
References
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{{cite news |url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/hannover_weser-leinegebiet/Gruener-Onay-wird-Oberbuergermeister-von-Hannover,stichwahl438.html |newspaper=NDR |title=Grüner Onay wird Oberbürgermeister von Hannover |date=11 November 2019 |language=de |accessdate=12 November 2019 }}
{{cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/buergermeisterwahl-in-hannover-belit-onay-koennte-gewinnen-a-1292877.html |newspaper=Spiegel Online |title=Der Mann mit der Mobilitätsgarantie |author=Valerie |date=28 October 2019 |language=de |accessdate=12 November 2019 }}
{{cite web |url=https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/service/leichte_sprache/Mehr-Nachrichten-vom-22112019,nils2070.html |newspaper=NDR |title=Niedersachsen: Neuer Bürgermeister fängt an |date=22 November 2019 |language=de |accessdate=24 November 2019 }}
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External links
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- [https://www.belit-onay.de/ueber-mich.html Personal website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714144016/https://www.belit-onay.de/ueber-mich.html |date=14 July 2019 }}
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Category:University of Hanover alumni
Category:Alliance 90/The Greens politicians
Category:German politicians of Turkish descent
Category:Politicians from Lower Saxony
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