Gülistan Yüksel

Gülistan Yüksel (born 27 March 1962) is a German politician (SPD). She has served as a member of the Bundestag, the German parliament, since 2013.[1]

Gülistan Yüksel
Gülistan Yüksel in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2013
Personal details
Born (1962-03-27) 27 March 1962
Adana, Turkey
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD
Children2

Life and professional career

Yüksel was born in Adana, Turkey.[1] At the age of eight years, she moved to Mönchengladbach, Germany, and grew up in Rheydt. After vocational training as a pharmacy assistant (Pharmazeutisch-kaufmännische Angestellte), she worked in a pharmacy in Rheydt. Later, she became head of a taxi company.[2]

Yüksel is married and has two children.[1] She was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2007 for her engagement for migrants.[3]

Political career

Yüksel became an SPD member in 1997. She was deputy chair of her local party organisation from 2005 to 2014 and chair since 2014.[1] After serving on the Mönchengladbach city foreigner's council in the mid-1990s, she was a member of the city council for most of the time between 2002 to 2013.[2] She became a member of the Bundestag in 2013 and was reelected in 2017 as one of 14 members of the Bundestag with Turkish roots.[4]

References
  1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Gülistan Yüksel". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ONLINE, RP. "Mönchengladbach: Sie wollen für die SPD nach Berlin" (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. ONLINE, RP. "Mönchengladbach: Verdienstkreuz für Gülistan Yüksel" (in German). Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. "Turks underrepresented in new German parliament". Retrieved 11 February 2020.


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