Gülistan Yüksel

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Gülistan Yüksel
Gülistan Yüksel in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1962-03-27) 27 March 1962 (age 62)
Adana, Turkey
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Children2

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.

Early life and professional career

Yüksel was born in Adana, Turkey. 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.

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. 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.

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. In addition to her committee assignments, she has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019.

Within her parliamentary group, Yüksel belongs to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.

Recognition

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

Other activities

Personal life

Yüksel is married and has two children.

References

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