Hans-Christian Ströbele
| Hans-Christian Ströbele | |
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| Member of the German Bundestag from Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Prenzlauer Berg East | |
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Assumed office 1998 |
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7 June 1939 Halle, Province of Saxony |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Alliance '90/The Greens |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Website | www.stroebele-online.de |
Hans-Christian Ströbele, German pronunciation: [hans ˈkʀɪsti̯an ˈʃtʀøːbələ], (born 7 June 1939) is a German politician and lawyer. He is a member of the German Green party.
Ströbele studied law and political science in Heidelberg University and at the Free University of Berlin. He has practiced law since 1969 in Berlin. In the late 1960s he was involved in the student movement. From 1970 to 1974, he was a member of the SPD. He was also a member of the "Socialist Lawyers' Collective" for ten years, and rose to national fame defending militants of the urban guerrilla group Red Army Faction and other defended political activists.
In 1983, Ströbele was convicted by the Berlin District Court of supporting terrorist groups through his smuggling of information between members serving in prison. The Court concluded that Ströbele had helped decisively to keep the groups active during their time in prison.
Ströbele co-founded the "Alternative List for Democracy and Environmental Protection," a predecessor to the Berlin chapter of the Greens. He was a member of the Bundestag from 31 March 1985 until 1987 (the end of the term). On the Berlin state level, he helped facilitating the red-green coalition of 1989/1990.
Ströbele became the party’s spokesman in June 1990 but he stood down in February 1991 after opposing the Persian Gulf War. This included opposition to the delivery of Patriot missiles to Israel during an official visit of the party in the country. As of 1992 he continued as assemblyman of the Greens in the Tiergarten borough of Berlin.
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