Sevim Dağdelen

Sevim Dağdelen
Sevim Dağdelen in 2013.
Deputy Leader of the Left Party in the Bundestag
Assumed office
24 October 2017
Serving with Caren Lay
Leader Sahra Wagenknecht
Dietmar Bartsch
Preceded by Heike Hänsel
Member of the Bundestag
for North Rhine-Westphalia
Assumed office
18 October 2005
Constituency Left Party List
Personal details
Born (1975-09-04) 4 September 1975
Duisburg, Germany
Citizenship German
Political party Left Party
Alma mater
Occupation Politician
Profession Jurist, journalist
Website www.sevimdagdelen.de

Sevim Dağdelen (born 4 September 1975) is a German politician of Kurdish origin and a member of the Left Party (die Linke).

Early years

Born in Duisburg, Sevim Dağdelen finished high school in 1997, and studied law first at the University of Marburg and then at the University of Adelaide, Australia and later at the University of Cologne.[1] She never finished her law studies and subsequently dropped out to pursue her political career.[2]

She worked as a journalist for the Turkish newspaper Evrensel and German publications Tatsachen and Junge Stimme. She was also active as a translator.[1]

Career

After joining the Left Party, Dağdelen became a member of the regional-level party council of North Rhine-Westphalia and the federal student agency from 1996-1998. From 1993-2001, she was a member of the federal youth commission. Since 2005, she has been a member of the German Bundestag.

Dağdelen participated in the State dinner with Angela Merkel at the White House.[3]

In 2012 Dağdelen faced criticism for signing a controversial pamphlet accusing the U.S. of preparing war against Syria and Iran. Dağdelen is also the only politician to have visitied Julian Assange where he remains at the Embassy of Ecuador in the United Kingdom.[4]

Dağdelen was re-elected into the Bundestag for the third time following the 2013 election.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Türk kökenli vekillerin yükselişi". Dünya (in Turkish). 2013-09-23. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
  2. ↑ http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/linkspartei-aus-dem-reich-der-schattengewaechse-12798890.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_2
  3. ↑ White House: Expected Attendees at Tonight's State Dinner 7 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "German left-wing MP Sevim Dagdelen visits Julian Assange at Ecuador embassy". Herald Sun. 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2013-09-24.



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