Carola Rackete

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Carola Rackete
Rackete in 2023
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2024
Personal details
Born	Carola Rackete (1988-05-08) 8 May 1988 (age 36) Preetz, West Germany
Political party	Independent close to the The Left (2023–present)
Alma mater	Edge Hill University Jade University of Applied Sciences
Occupation	Sea captain • Activist • Politician
Awards	Medalla d'Honor del Parlament de Catalunya (2019) Medal of the City of Paris (2019)

Carola Rackete (pronounced [kaˈʁoːla ʁaˈkeːtə];^{[nb 1]} born 8 May 1988) is a German sea captain and conservation scientist, who volunteered with the German sea rescue organisation Sea-Watch.^[1][2] In June 2019, she was arrested for docking a migrant rescue ship without authorization in the port of Lampedusa, Italy.

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