Cem Ince
German politician (born 1993)
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Cem Hamit Ince (born 9 December 1993) is a German politician and member of the Bundestag.[1] A member of The Left, he has represented Lower Saxony since 2025.
Cem Ince | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2025 | |
| Constituency | Lower Saxony |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1993 Salzgitter, Germany |
| Party | The Left |
Ince was born on 9 December 1993 in Salzgitter and is of Kurdish origin.[1][2] His grandfather moved from Eastern Anatolia to Salzgitter in the late 1960s as a guest worker and worked in the blast furnaces of Salzgitter AG.[2][3] Ince's father also did his apprenticeship and worked at Salzgitter AG before moving to the Volkswagen factory in Salzgitter.[2][3] His grandfather and father were also trade unionists.[2]
Ince graduated from Kranich-Gymnasium Salzgitter in 2012 and then trained to be electronics technician at VW Salzgitter from 2012 to 2015.[1] He also studied business administration and software development at VW Salzgitter.[1] He is an IG Metall member and has been a shop steward at VW Salzgitter since 2012.[1][2] He was the youth and trainee representative at VW Salzgitter from 2014 to 2016 and the chair youth and trainee representative from 2016 to 2020.[1][2] He has been a member of the IG Metall shop steward council at VW Salzgitter since 2022.[1]
Ince has been chairman of The Left's branch in Salzgitter since 2021.[1] He was The Left's candidate in Salzgitter – Wolfenbüttel (constituency 49) at the 2025 federal election but was not elected.[4][5] He was however elected to the Bundestag on The Left's state list in Lower Saxony.[6]