Cansu Özdemir

Cansu Özdemir (born 8 September 1988, Hamburg) is a German politician of The Left from Hamburg. She is a member of the Hamburg Parliament.[1]

Özdemir in 2018.

Özdemir was born in Hamburg to Kurdish parents in 1988. After she received her abitur from High School in 2009, she studied politics at the University of Hamburg.[2]

Political career

In 2009 she also became a member of The Left and in 2011 she entered the Hamburg Parliament of which she is a member ever since.[2] Özdemir lead The Left in the 2020 Hamburg state election.[3]

She is known for her support for the legalization of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is banned in Germany. Özdemir is also a strong critic of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and the foreign policy of Germany regarding Turkey.[3]

References
  1. "DER SPIEGEL | Online-Nachrichten". www.spiegel.de. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  2. "CANSU ÖZDEMIR | Die Linke. Fraktion in der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft" (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  3. NDR. "Porträt: Die Linke Cansu Özdemir". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-01.


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