Zuhal Demir
| Zuhal Demir | |
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| Secretary of State for Poverty Reduction, Equal Opportunities, People with Disabilities, Urban Policy and Scientific Policy | |
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Assumed office 24 February 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Charles Michel |
| Preceded by | Elke Sleurs |
| Member of the Chamber of Representatives | |
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In office 6 July 2010 – 24 February 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 March 1980 Genk, Limburg |
| Citizenship | Turkish[1] |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Political party | N-VA |
| Residence | Genk |
| Website | http://www.n-va.be/cv/zuhal-demir |
Zuhal Demir (born 2 March 1980 in Genk) is a Belgian lawyer and politician affiliated to the N-VA. Demir was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2010.[2]
She is the daughter of Alevi Kurdish parents from Turkey[3][4][5] and lives in Antwerp. She studied Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1998–2003, and went on in 2003–2004 with a Master in Social Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Since 2004, she works as a lawyer for an international law firm.[3][6]
From January 2013 until the end of 2015, she was the mayor of the district of Antwerp. In early 2016, she moved to Genk.
In February 2017, she succeeded Elke Sleurs as Secretary of State for Poverty Reduction, Equal Opportunities, People with Disabilities, Urban Policy and Scientific Policy.
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- ↑ "Belgian Kurd minister renounces Turkish citizenship". Kudistan 24. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ↑ "Chamber of Representatives: cv Zuhal Demir (Dutch)".
- 1 2 "Ledenmagazine" (PDF). n-va.be (in Dutch). June 2010. p. 5.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
- ↑ "Li Belçîkayê jineke kurd bû wezîra hikûmetê". Sputnik News. 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ↑ "Over Zuhal". zuhaldemir.be.