Hakan Demir (politician)

Hakan Demir (born 16 November 1984)^[1] is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who was elected as a Member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Berlin-Neukölln in 2021 federal election.^[2]

Hakan Demir
Member of the Bundestag for Berlin-Neukölln
In office 26 September 2021 – 23 February 2025
Preceded by	Fritz Felgentreu
Succeeded by	Ferat Koçak
Personal details
Born	(1984-11-16) 16 November 1984 (age 40) Çorum, Turkey
Nationality	German
Political party	SPD
Alma mater	University of Trier

Life

Demir was born in Çorum, Turkey. He spent his childhood in Krefeld on the Lower Rhine. He studied political science, philosophy and business administration in Trier and spent a year abroad in Istanbul. Demir moved to Berlin-Neukölln in 2012 because of his girlfriend at the time.^[3] He was co-editor of the magazine MiGAZIN.^[4][5]

Political career

Demir joined the SPD in 2010.^{[citation needed]} He worked in the parliamentary office of SPD member of parliament Karamba Diaby from Halle (Saale). In a member poll in the run-up to the 2021 Bundestag election, Demir won the direct candidacy in the Neukölln constituency with 51.95% to 45.18% against fellow candidate Tim Renner. Although the latter had been considered the favourite of Berlin SPD lead candidate Franziska Giffey and Neukölln district mayor Martin Hikel. ^[1] He subsequently won the Bundestag election against Andreas Audretsch from Bündnis 90/Die Grünen.^[6] He thus entered the Bundestag as Neukölln's representative.^[6]

In parliament, Demir has been serving on the Committee on Internal Affairs.^[7] Since 8 July 2022, he has also been a member of the 1st Committee of Inquiry of the 20th parliamentary term of the German Bundestag.^[8] Demir is co-chair of the state working group on migration and diversity in Berlin. He is a member of the state executive committee of the SPD Berlin.^[5] He is also the department chair of Department 1 of the SPD Neukölln, Rixdorf,^[9][3] and a member of ver.di.^[10]

Within his parliamentary group, Demir belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.^[11]

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition under the leadership of Friedrich Merz's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the SPD following the 2025 German elections, Demir was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on cultural affairs and media, led by Christiane Schenderlein, Volker Ullrich and Carsten Brosda.^[12]

Other activities

• Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)
• German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member^[13]