Manuel Gava

Gava was born in the Dolomite region of Pieve di Cadore in Italy. After moving to Germany, he grew up in Taunusstein in Hesse. After completing secondary school at the IGS Aar, he initially worked in his father's ice cream parlour.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Manuel Gava: Aus den Dolomiten über Osnabrück in den Bundestag" |url=https://vorwaerts.de/artikel/manuel-gava-dolomiten-osnabrueck-bundestag |access-date=14 June 2023|work=vorwaerts.de |date= 11 November 2021 |language=de}} In 2010, he moved to a company for ice cream supplies. In 2012, he came to Osnabrück. Since then, he has been working for a wholesale company that supplies bakeries, confectioners, catering businesses and ice cream cafés. Initially, Gava worked there in field sales and has been sales manager since 2019.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Manuel Gava, SPD Vertriebsleiter" |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/G/gava_manuel-860882 |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=bundestag.de |date= |language=de}}

According to his own information, Manuel Gava is single.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Gava, Manuel, SPD" |url=https://www.mitmischen.de/bundestag-wissen/findet-euren-abgeordneten/g/gava-manuel-spd |access-date=14 June 2023 |work= |date= |language=de}}

Gava joined the SPD in 2016 and a year later became deputy chairman of the Juso AG Osnabrück city. In 2018, he took over the chairmanship and kept it until March 2019. Since February 2018, he has been the deputy chairman of the local association Altstadt-Westerberg-Innenstadt of the Osnabrück SPD.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Manuel Gava, MdB" |url=https://www.spdnds.de/personen/manuel-gava/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work= spdnds.de |date= |language=de}}

Since March 2019, Gava has been chairman of the Osnabrück Stadt SPD sub-district.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Manuel Gava, MdB" |url=https://www.spd-weser-ems.de/personen/manuel-gava/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work= spd-weser-ems.de |date= |language=de}}

In August 2020, the subdistrict nominated him as a direct candidate for constituency 39 in the 2021 German federal election.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="SPD wird im Wahlkreis Stadt Osnabrück stärkste Kraft - Manuel Gava holt das Direktmandat" |url= https://rp-online.de/politik/deutschland/bundestagswahl/wahlergebnisse-2021/wahlkreis-stadt-osnabrueck-die-ergebnisse-der-bundestagswahl-2021-fuer-den-wahlkreis-39_aid-62964999|access-date=14 June 2023 |work=rp-online.de |date=28 September 2021 |language=de}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Stadt Osnabrück geht an Manuel Gava (SPD)" |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/stadt-osnabrueck-alle-ergebnisse-im-wahlkreis-39-bei-der-bundestagswahl-2021-a-cf472efa-a4f3-4d97-b4ac-54e8e878bc04 |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=spiegel.de |date=27 September 2021 |language=de}}

The relevant constituency delegates' conference, which included delegates from the district municipalities of Belm, Georgsmarienhütte, Hagen, Osnabrück, Hasbergen and Wallenhorst, then elected him as one of the challengers to Mathias Middelberg (CDU), who was directly elected in 2017. On 26 September 2021, he took the direct mandate from the latter in the Bundestag election. Gava came to 30.3 percent, Middelberg to 29.2 percent of the first votes. Gava thus represents the Osnabrück Stadt.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Alle Ergebnisse und Sieger im Wahlkreis Stadt Osnabrück" |url=https://www.welt.de/politik/bundestagswahl/article231685879/Stadt-Osnabrueck-Wahlergebnis-Sieger-Wahlkreis-39-Bundestagswahl-2021.html |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=welt.de |date= |language=de}}{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Die Ergebnisse für den Wahlkreis Stadt Osnabrück" |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/bundestagswahl-2021/stadt-osnabrueck |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=sueddeutsche.de |date=15 October 2021 |language=de}}

In parliament, Gava has been serving on the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development.[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/G/gava_manuel-860882 Manuel Gava] Bundestag.

In addition to his committee assignments, Gava is part of the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Brazilian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with the Andean States.

Within his parliamentary group, Gave is part of a working group on migration and integration and chairs a discussion group on Latin America and the Caribbean.[https://www.spdfraktion.de/abgeordnete/gava?wp=20 Manuel Gava] SPD Group in the German Parliament.

In December 2024, Gava admitted to frequent use of cocaine and announced that he would not stand in the 2025 federal elections but instead resign by the end of the parliamentary term.Eva Marie Stegmann, Meike Baars and Wilfried Hinrichs (2 December 2024), [https://www.noz.de/lokales/osnabrueck/artikel/die-ganze-wahrheit-ueber-den-rueckzug-von-manuel-gava-48067371 Kokain und ein Verdacht: Das verbirgt sich hinter dem Rücktritt von Manuel Gava] Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.

• German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
• VfL Osnabrück, Member{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=" Manuel Gava – Unser Bundestagsabgeordneter " |url=https://www.spd-awi.de/bundestagswahl-21-unser-kandidat/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=spd-awi.de |date= |language=de}}
• AWO{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title="Schinkeler Ortsverein für Manuel Gava" |url=https://unser-schinkel.de/schinkeler-ortsverein-fuer-manuel-gava/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=unser-schinkel.de |date=6 August 2020 |language=de}}
• Citizens' association Neustadt e.V.
• Citizens' association Schinkel von 1912 e.V.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=" Manuel Gava, MdB " |url=https://www.spd-landesgruppe-niedersachsen.de/personen/manuel-gava/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=spd-landesgruppe-niedersachsen.de |date= |language=de}}
• German-Italian Society Osnabrück e.V.
• Erich Maria Remarque Society e.V.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=" Manuel Gava, MdB " |url=https://www.manuelgava.de/personen/manuel-gava/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=manuelgava.de |date= |language=de}}
• Exile e.V.
• Fanscene Osnabrück e.V.
• Felix Nussbaum Society e.V.
• Gay in May e.V.
• Managerkreis of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

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• [https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/G/gava_manuel-860882 Biography at the German Bundestag]
• [https://www.manuelgava.de/ Website of Manuel Gave]