Mahmut Özdemir

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Mahmut Özdemir
Personal details
Born (1987-06-23) June 23, 1987
Duisburg, Germany
Citizenship German
Political party Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
Alma mater University of Düsseldorf
Occupation Politician
Profession Jurist

Mahmut Özdemir (born June 23, 1987 in Duisburg, Germany) is a Turkish-German politician with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He is a member of the Bundestag elected in September 2013.

Özdemir was born on June 23, 1987 in Duisburg's quarter of Homberg, Germany to Gastarbeiter parents Zeki and Aynur, who moved from Turkey. After finishing the high school with Abitur, he studied law at the University of Düsseldorf graduating in 2011.[1][2] He was then employed at the district court in Düsseldorf as a jurist trainee. He lived all the time in his home town even during his university years.[3][4]

Political career

He joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in 2001 at the age of fourteen, and was active in the organization Young Socialists in the SPD (JUSO). Özdemir climbed up to the top position in the regional organization of the party in Homberg.[5] In the regional elections of 2009, he became a member of the city council in his hometown Duisburg.[1][2][3][4]

With the declaration of Johannes Pflug, the foreign-policy expert of the SPD in the Bundestag, to resign from active politics and not to run again for the upcaoming election, the party nominated Mahmut Özdemir as the direct candidate from Duisburg.[5] Following the 2013 federal election, he won a seat in the Bundestag as the youngest parliament member.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Alman meclisinde rekor Türk vekil". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Türk kökenli vekillerin yükselişi". Dünya (in Turkish). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bundestagskandidat WK 116 II" (in German). SPD Duisburg. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Mahmut Özdemir" (in German). SPD. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Özdemir Berlin’e aday". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2012-08-20. Retrieved 2013-09-24. 


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