Muhanad Al-Halak

Al-Halak was born in Iraq, and came to Germany with his family as asylum seekersin 2001 as an eleven-year-old child, settling in Grafenau in Bavaria.

[10][7] After meeting Christian Lindner at a public event, Al-Halak joined the FDP in 2016.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election in Germany and came in list position 52.

[16][17][14] In parliament, Al-Halak has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection[18] and the Parliamentary Advisory Board on Sustainable Development.

[19] 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.