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Karamba Diaby (SPD)

August 23, 2013
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Der aus dem Senegal stammende Karamba Diaby soll bei der Bundestagswahl 2013 für die SPD den Wahlkreis 72 (Halle/Kabelsketal/Landsberg) erobern. Karamba Diaby hält am 16.02.2013 während des SPD-Landesparteitages Sachsen-Anhalts in Magdeburg (Sachsen-Anhalt) eine Bewerbungsrede. Auf dem Parteitag des ostdeutschen Landesverbandes ist er an den dritten Platz der Landesliste für die bevorstehende Bundestagswahl gewählt worden. Foto: Jens Wolf/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++
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Karamba Diaby could make history as the first black member of the German federal parliament. Born in Senegal, Diaby moved to Halle almost 30 years ago. As a member of Halle’s city council for the center-left Social Democrats, he’s a popular politician – but he has faced some prejudice along the way.

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