Gülistan Yüksel | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Adana, Turkey | 27 March 1962
Nationality | German |
Political party | SPD |
Children | 2 |
Gülistan Yüksel (born 27 March 1962) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, since 2013. [1]
Yüksel was born in Adana, Turkey. [1] At the age of eight years, she moved to Mönchengladbach, Germany, and grew up in Rheydt. After vocational training as a pharmacy assistant ( Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Angestellte ), she worked in a pharmacy in Rheydt. Later, she became head of a taxi company. [2]
Yüksel became an SPD member in 1997. She was deputy chair of her local party organisation from 2005 to 2014 and chair since 2014. [1] After serving on the Mönchengladbach city foreigner's council in the mid-1990s, she was a member of the city council for most of the time between 2002 and 2013. [2]
Yüksel became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 elections and was reelected in 2017 as one of 14 members of the Bundestag with Turkish roots. [3] In addition to her committee assignments, she has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019. [4]
Within her parliamentary group, Yüksel belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement. [5]
Yüksel was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2007 for her engagement for migrants. [6]
Yüksel is married and has two children. [1]
Gülistan Yüksel | |
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Member of the Bundestag | |
Assumed office 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Adana, Turkey | 27 March 1962
Nationality | German |
Political party | SPD |
Children | 2 |
Gülistan Yüksel (born 27 March 1962) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, since 2013. [1]
Yüksel was born in Adana, Turkey. [1] At the age of eight years, she moved to Mönchengladbach, Germany, and grew up in Rheydt. After vocational training as a pharmacy assistant ( Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Angestellte ), she worked in a pharmacy in Rheydt. Later, she became head of a taxi company. [2]
Yüksel became an SPD member in 1997. She was deputy chair of her local party organisation from 2005 to 2014 and chair since 2014. [1] After serving on the Mönchengladbach city foreigner's council in the mid-1990s, she was a member of the city council for most of the time between 2002 and 2013. [2]
Yüksel became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 elections and was reelected in 2017 as one of 14 members of the Bundestag with Turkish roots. [3] In addition to her committee assignments, she has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019. [4]
Within her parliamentary group, Yüksel belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement. [5]
Yüksel was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2007 for her engagement for migrants. [6]
Yüksel is married and has two children. [1]