A year ago, Cem Özdemir announced his separation from his wife Pia Maria Castro, a journalist from Argentina. Today he loves a lawyer from Canada.
Cem Özdemir wants to become Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg. Professionally, that would be a change for the Green politician. A lot has also happened in the 58-year-old’s private life in the past twelve months.
A year ago, Cem Özdemir announced his separation from his wife Pia Maria Castro. Nine months later it was announced that the politician was back in good hands. The “Stuttgarter Zeitung” reported in August: “Canadian woman has conquered Cem Özdemir’s heart!”
The Canadian is Flavia Zaka, a 38-year-old lawyer. As the “Stuttgarter Zeitung” wrote at the time, before her studies she worked “as a project manager for an initiative to combat human trafficking in Ontario.”
The couple is said to have met in 2023 and have been in a relationship since the beginning of the year. Cem Özdemir and Flavia Zaka were seen together in public every now and then. At the end of July, for example, the couple attended Sting’s concert in Stuttgart, and in September they went to a football game together.
However, there are only a few photos together. At the end of July, the Minister of Agriculture and the lawyer showed up at the Zwiefalter Ach river. He was wearing jeans and a dark T-shirt. Cem Özdemir paired it with gray sneakers. His new partner chose dark pants and a white tank top.
Before Flavia Zaka, Cem Özdemir was married to Pia Maria Castro. The couple announced the end of their marriage last year. “We agreed some time ago in friendship to live separately,” the two said in a statement at the time.
Cem Özdemir and Pia Maria Castro met at a party in 2001. She was working as a journalist at the time and interviewed the politician. There was a spark and they became a couple. The wedding followed in 2003 and the separation 20 years later. Pia Maria Castro is said to get along “very well” with her ex-husband’s new partner.