Reem Alabali Radovan
Reem Alabali Radovan | |
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Radovan in 2025 | |
| Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Friedrich Merz |
| Preceded by | Svenja Schulze |
| Minister of State for Migration, Refugees and Integration | |
| In office 8 December 2021 – 6 May 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Olaf Scholz |
| Preceded by | Annette Widmann-Mauz |
| Succeeded by | Natalie Pawlik |
| Member of the Bundestag for Schwerin – Ludwigslust-Parchim I – Nordwestmecklenburg I | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – 25 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Dietrich Monstadt |
| Succeeded by | Leif-Erik Holm |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Reem Al-Abali 1 May 1990 |
| Citizenship | Germany |
| Party | SPD (since 2021) |
| Spouse | Denis Radovan |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
Reem Alabali Radovan (Arabic: ريم العبلي, German pronunciation: [ˈʁiːm alaˈbaːli ˈʁaːdovaːn]; born 1 May 1990) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development in the government of Chancellor Friedrich Merz since May 2025.
Alabali Radovan has been a Member of the Bundestag since 2021. In addition to her parliamentary work, she served as Minister of State at the Chancellery and Federal Commissioner for Migration, Refugees, and Integration in Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet from 2021 to 2025. Together with Muhanad Al-Halak, she was the first person of Iraqi descent in the Bundestag, and individually, she is both the first person of Assyrian descent in the parliament and the youngest member of the Merz cabinet.