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Meet 13 of the youngest politicians around the world
Meet 13 of the youngest politicians around the world
Grace PanettaMar 8, 2019, 22:56 IST
Sebastian KurzThomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images
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From Europe to the United States to Africa, the last decade has seen more young people getting actively involved in politics and even becoming elected officials themselves.
The world's current youngest leader is Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, 32.
In the United States, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman elected to Congress at age 29. Many nations have members of parliament who are as young as 22.
Here are some of the youngest politicians around the world.
The past several years have seen a marked increase in young people getting involved in politics and running for office from the United States to Europe and Africa.
In Europe, the aftermath of the global financial crisis inspired both right-wing populist movements led by young people, like the Five Star movement in Italy, and left-wing populist movements including Spain's Podemos party.
In the United States, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman elected to Congress at age 29, but many nations have members of parliament who are as young as 22.
And in Europe, more leaders under the age of 40 like Austria's Sebastian Kurz, France's Emmanuel Macron, and Ireland's Leo Varadkar have come to power, and parliaments in countries like France and Spain are getting younger and more diverse.
In Africa, Asia, and Australia, young people are also running for office, rising up through the ranks of government, and making history.
Here are some of the youngest politicians around the world:
In November, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, and Abby Finkenauer, 30, made history as the youngest and second-youngest women elected to the United States Congress.
Mhairi Black, a British member of parliament from Scotland, was first elected at the age of 20 in 2015 — making her the youngest-ever MP to serve in the history of the House of Commons since 1832.
In 2017, law student Typhanie Degois became the youngest member of France's parliament at age 24. She was one of several new lawmakers elected from Emmanuel Macron's En Marche party.
Edison Broce, 27, is the youngest lawmaker in Panama's national assembly. He also holds a master's in public policy from Oxford University's Blavatnik School of Government.
Egyptian-Spanish politician Nagua Alba was elected to Spain's parliament at age 25 in 2015. She became not only the youngest member of parliament, but the first member of Arab descent.
