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Özlem Alev Demirel-Böhlke (born 10 March 1984)[1] is a Turkish-born German politician of Kurdish descent[2] who is currently a serving representative of the party The Left as a Member of the European Parliament.[3]
Özlem Demirel | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 9 May 2010 – 13 May 2012 | |
| Member of the Cologne City Council | |
| In office 19 September 2004 – 8 May 2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Özlem Alev Demirel 10 March 1984 Malatya, Turkey |
| Citizenship | Germany • Turkey |
| Political party | The Left (2007–present) |
| Other political affiliations | PDS (2004–2007) |
| Spouse |
Mr. Böhlke (m. 2011) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Occupation | Political scientist • Historian • Politician |
| Website | https://oezlem-alev-demirel.de |
Education
editShe attended primary and secondary education in Bielefeld and Cologne,[4] and graduated from high school in 2004. she began to study political sciences and history at the University of Bonn.[1]
Political career
editShe has interested herself early on in politics and with 15 years she became involved in the youth section of the Democratic Workers Union (DIDF).[4] In 2012 she became the DIDF Chairwoman.[4] From 2004 to 2007 she was a member of the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), and co-founded The Left party in 2007.[5] She led The Left in the campaign together with Christian Leye to the election to the State Parliament (Landtag) of Nord Rhine-Westphalia in 2017,[6] where The Left did not reach the affordable 5% to enter the Landtag.[7] She was again the leading candidate of The Left's electoral campaign to the European Parliament in 2019[8] to which she was elected on 24 May 2019.[5] In the European Parliament she is both a vice chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence and the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee[9]
On 2 March 2022, she was one of 13 MEPs who voted against a resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and calling for the arming of Ukraine.[citation needed] Demirel said the resolution would only worsen the situation and that "I think it is cynical to abuse the suffering of the Ukrainians for something like this. The peoples in Ukraine, of Europe and the world want to live in peace and social security".[10] In March 2022 she was amongst 151 international feminists signing Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto, in solidarity with the Feminist Anti-War Resistance initiated by Russian feminists after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11]
Personal life
editDemirel was born in Malatya in 1984 to a Kurdish family of Alevi faith,[2] and migrated to Germany together with her family when she was 5 years old.[4] She is married since 2011, and a mother of two children.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b Nordrhein-Westfalen, Landtag. "Landtag NRW: Abgeordnete Özlem Alev Demirel". www.landtag.nrw.de (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Kurd in Germany running in EU elections proud of her Kurdish identity". Kurdistan24. 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Interview mit der DIDF Vorsitzenden Özlem Alev Demirel". DIDF-Jugend (in German). 9 June 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Europaparlament". Die Linke. Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Linken-Spitzenkandidatin Demirel: "Frau Kraft will uns doch nur provozieren"". Kölnische Rundschau (in German). 24 March 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Entscheidung in NRW: Schwere Wahlpleite für Rot-Grün in NRW". www1.wdr.de (in German). 2 June 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b tagesschau.de. "Özlem Alev Demirel: Arbeiterkind mit Kämpferherz". tagesschau.de (in German). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Özlem Demirel". www.europarl.europa.eu. 10 March 1984. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "We asked 13 MEPs why they voted no to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine". 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto". Specter Journal. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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