Karamba Diaby makes history as the first Black lawmaker to be elected into the German Parliament

Karamba Diaby has made history as the first Black lawmaker to be elected into the German Parliament. The Huffington Post reports that until now there were no black lawmakers in the German Parliament, despite more than 500,000 people of African origin believed to be living in Germany.

“My election into the German Parliament is of historical importance,” Diaby said.
Diaby has been a German citizen for 12 years. A Senegalese-born chemist who moved to East Germany in 1986 for school, now 51-years-old.