Özcan Mutlu

Özcan Mutlu
Özcan Mutlu (2010)
Personal details
Born January 10, 1968
Kelkit, Gümüşhane Province, Turkey
Citizenship German
Political party Alliance '90/The Greens
Children Two
Alma mater
Occupation Politician
Profession Electrical engineering
Religion Islam
Website www.mutlu.de

Özcan Mutlu (born on January 10, 1968) in Kelkit, Gümüşhane Province, Turkey, is a Turkish-German Green Party politician.

Early years

Mutlu has lived in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg since 1973 and received his naturalization in 1990. He finished his training as an information electrician at the Berlin Institute of Technology from September 1985 to February 1989. Afterwards, he studied electrical engineering at the Beuth 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.

Political career

He joined the Green Party in 1990, and was elected into the district assembly of Kreuzberg. He entered the regional parliament Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin in 1999 representing the district Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. He was re-elected in 2006 and 2011. During this period, he served in a number of parliamentary commissions, responsible particularly for policies of education, integration and migration as well as policies for Europe and Turkey.

He was nominated from his party for the 2009 federal election, missed however the entry into the Bundestag. Following the 2013 federal election, Mutlu won a seat in the Bundestag. He is one of the eleven politicians of Turkish descent, who entered the federal parliament including seven women.[1]

Social engagement

Personal life

Özcan Mutlu is married and has two children.

References

  1. ↑ "Türk kökenli vekillerin yükselişi". Dünya (in Turkish). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-09-24.

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