Ayse Asar
Ayse Asar is a German lawyer and politician of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2025 elections.
Earlier in her career, Asar was deputy chancellor of the Goethe University in Frankfurt, and from 2015 chancellor of the Hochschule RheinMain. From 2019 to 2025, she served as secretary of state for the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts.
Early life and education
Asar was born to Turkish parents in Bad Schwalbach on 19 December 2023. Her parents were workers for Black+Decker in Idstein, where she grew up with three sisters and a brother. She studied law from 1944 at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, continuing in 1996 at the University of Cologne, where she achieved the first state exam in 1999.Early career
After referendary work at the, and work in Istanbul and Ankara, she passed the second state exam in 2002. She achieved a Master of Laws degree in 2003 at the London Metropolitan University.Asar worked from 2004 and 2015 in several funktions at the Goethe University, finally as deputy chancellor, head of the Justitiariat and commissionary head of personnel. She became chancellor of the Hochschule RheinMain in 2015.
Political career
Career in state politics
On 18 January 2019, Asar was appointed secretary of state by Angela Dorn, minister of science and art, serving in the Third Bouffier cabinet and in the Rhein cabinet.Member of the German Parliament, 2025–present
In parliament, Asar has been a member of the Committee on European Affairs and the Committee on Research, Technology, Space and Technology Assessment. She is her parliamentary group’s spokesperson on research policy.In addition to his committee assignments, Asar has been serving as deputy chair of the German-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group.