Gülistan_Yüksel

Gülistan Yüksel

Gülistan Yüksel

German politician

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]

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Early life and professional career

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 [de]), she worked in a pharmacy in Rheydt. Later, she became head of a taxi company.[2]

Political career

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]

Recognition

Yüksel was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2007 for her engagement for migrants.[6]

Other activities

Personal life

Yüksel is married and has two children.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Deutscher Bundestag - Gülistan Yüksel". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. [2]
    ONLINE, RP. "Mönchengladbach: Sie wollen für die SPD nach Berlin" (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Turks underrepresented in new German parliament". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. [4]
    Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly Bundestag.
  5. [5]
    Members Parliamentary Left.
  6. [6]
    ONLINE, RP. "Mönchengladbach: Verdienstkreuz für Gülistan Yüksel" (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  7. [7]
    Board of Trustees Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB).
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