Mehria Ashuftah

Mehria Ashuftah (born 3 November 1987) is a German politician serving as a Social Democratic member of the Hamburg Parliament since 2025. Prior to her election, she worked as a lawyer and law lecturer.

Biography Ashuftah was born in Kabul on 3 November 1987. Her parents both worked as teachers, with her father being an aircraft engineer. She has also served as a lecturer at the Institute for Democracy, Diversity, and Leadership at the , as well as a board member for Dolle Deerns e.V., a patron for the , and a values ambassador for GermanDream. Ashuftah joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in January 2011. At the Parliament, she is a member of the Budget Committee, as well as the Committees on Culture and Media; on Equality and Anti-Discrimination; and on Justice and Consumer Protection.

Ashuftah was married to a German man from 2007 until their divorce in 2014. In 2025, she told the Hamburger Abendblatt about her experiences of being a victim of spousal abuse, including death threats he made against her and her family.