Muhanad Al-Halak (born 31 July 1989) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party and since October 2021 Member of the German Bundestag.
Muhanad Al-Halak (born 31 July 1989) is a German politician of the Free Democratic Party and since October 2021 Member of the German Bundestag.
Al-Halak was born in Iraq, and came to Germany with his family as asylum seekers, settling in Grafenau in Bavaria. [1]
Al-Halak joined the FDP in 2016. [2] He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election in Germany.
In the 2021 German federal election Al-Halak contested the constituency of Deggendorf and came in 6th place. He was elected on the state list. [3]
In parliament, Al-Halak has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection [4] and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development. [5] In addition to his committee assignments, he is also a member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Relations with Arabic-Speaking States in the Middle East, which is in charge of maintaining inter-parliamentary relations with Bahrain, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and the Palestinian territories. [6]
In August 2024 Al-Halak revealed his financial status in an interview. He stated, that after the usual expenses and having to pay for financing the acquisition of an apartment and some real estate, he had a monthly debit balance of €2000 while earning €11,227.20 a month as a member of parliament, plus an allowance for expenditures of €5051.54. [7]
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