Dipl.-Ing. Kassem Taher Saleh has been a member of the Bundestag since September 2021. He is a member of the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group on the Committee on Housing, Urban Development, Construction and Local Authorities and a deputy member of the Committee on Climate Action and Energy and the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. He grew up in Plauen in the Vogtland region. After graduating in civil engineering at the TU Dresden, he worked as a construction manager.