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Kai Tegethoff

Kai Rasmus Tegethoff is a German politician of Volt Europa. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 16 July 2024.

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Kai Tegethoff
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Personal details
Born (1984-07-19) 19 July 1984
Cologne, Germany
PartyVolt Germany
Other political
affiliations
Volt Europa

Kai Rasmus Tegethoff (born 19 July 1984) is a German politician of Volt Europa. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 16 July 2024.1

Life

From 2004 to 2007, he studied philosophy and economics at the University of Bayreuth; from 2007 to 2009, he trained as a drafting technician; and from 2009 to 2013, Tegethoff studied civil engineering at Trier University of Applied Sciences.2 Between 2016 and 2021, Tegethoff was a research assistant at the Technical University of Braunschweig.3

Politics

Local Politics

Tegethoff ran as the lead candidate for the Volt party in the 2021 local elections in Braunschweig in the Westlicher Ring district and was elected to the city council, where he formed a joint group led by him with representatives from Die PARTEI and Die Linke.45 In the 2022 state election in Lower Saxony, he ran as a direct candidate in the Braunschweig-Nord constituency and received 1.3%.6

European Parliament

On September 16, 2023, at the nomination convention in Erfurt, Tegethoff was elected to the third spot on the Volt party’s list for the 2024 European elections, making him part of the top four alongside Damian Boeselager, Nela Riehl, and Rebekka Müller.78

In the election, Volt received 2.6%, enabling Tegethoff to win a seat in the European Parliament. On June 10, the day after the election, he announced that he would resign his city council seat in Braunschweig in order to focus fully on his work in the European Parliament.9

In the European Parliament, Tegethoff is a member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN).10

References

References

  1. Likus, Harald (10 June 2024). "Europawahlen: So tickt der Sensationssieger aus Braunschweig". braunschweiger-zeitung.de. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. Zeitner, Philip (2024-06-11). "Europawahl 2024: Diese Volt-Politiker gehen nach Brüssel". RP ONLINE (in German). Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  3. "Kai Tegethoff". Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  4. Mediengruppe, FUNKE (2021-05-21). "Volt tritt erstmals zur Kommunalwahl in Braunschweig an". www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  5. Mediengruppe, FUNKE (2021-10-10). "Linke, Volt und Die Partei bilden Gruppe im Braunschweiger Rat". www.braunschweiger-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  6. Extern (2022-10-10). "Landtagswahl: So hat Braunschweig gewählt". regionalHeute.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  7. deutschlandfunk.de (2024-05-15). "Europawahl 2024 - Das sind die deutschen Spitzenkandidaten". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  8. Extern (2023-09-22). "Ratsherr Kai Tegethoff auf Platz 3 der Volt-Liste zur Europawahl". regionalHeute.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  9. Dontscheff, Alexander (2024-06-10). "Ratsherr aus Braunschweig zieht ins Europaparlament ein". regionalHeute.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  10. "Home | Kai TEGETHOFF | Abgeordnete | Europäisches Parlament". www.europarl.europa.eu (in German). 1984-07-19. Retrieved 2026-05-14.