Özcan Mutlu
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Özcan Mutlu (born on January 10, 1968) in Kelkit, Turkey, is a Turkish-German Green Party politician. He is the Green Party’s Spokesman for education policy in the Berlin House of Representatives.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Education
Mutlu lives in the Berlin district Kreuzberg since 1973 and received his naturalization in 1990. He finished his training as an information electrician at the TU Berlin from September 1985 to February 1989. Afterwards he studied electrical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin from 1989 to 1993 and graduated as engineer of communication and electronics. He combined an internship with a stay abroad in Omaha (USA). After this he worked in a telecommunication company as engineer from 1993 to 1999.
[edit] Politics
1992 he was elected for the district council of Kreuzberg. In 1999 he achieved a direct mandate and represents his district in the Berlin House of Representatives. 1999 Mutlu was elected as spokesman for education policy of his party. Furthermore he is member of the committee of the Internal politics and therefore responsible for integration and migration policy.
As spokesman for education policy he especially stands up for the equality of opportunities in education for all children and young people. According to him, education plays a decisive role in the individual development of personality as well as in social integration. Özcan Mutlu promotes equality for access to education for all people.
[edit] Family
Özcan Mutlu is married and has two kids.
[edit] Social Engagement and Mentions
- founding member of the bilingual German-Turkish Europe-School
- founding member of the sister city agreement between Kreuzberg and Kadiköy, Istanbul
- Marshall-Memorial Fellow of the German Marshall Fund
- Young leader of the Atlantik Brücke e.V. (2000)
