Elvan Korkmaz
Elvan Korkmaz | |
|---|---|
| Member of theBundestag | |
| In office 2017–2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 July 1985 Gütersloh,West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
Elvan Korkmaz(born 27 July 1985 inGütersloh) is a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party(SPD) who was a member of theBundestagfrom the state ofNorth Rhine-Westphaliafrom 2017 to 2021.[1]
Political career
[edit]Korkmaz became a member of the Bundestag in the2017 German federal election.[2]In parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Digital Agenda Committee.[3][4]
Korkmazlost her seatin the2021 German federal election.[5]In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalitionof the SPD, theGreen Partyand theFree Democrats(FDP) following the2021 German elections,she was nonetheless part of her party's delegation in the working group on digital innovation and infrastructure, co-chaired byJens Zimmermann,Malte SpitzandAndreas Pinkwart.[6]
Life after politics
[edit]Since 2022, Korkmaz has been working at public affairs agency Gauly in Berlin.[7]
Other activities
[edit]- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[8]
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway(BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council[9]
Personal life
[edit]Korkmaz is of ethnicTurkishorigin.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^"Elvan Korkmaz-Emre | Abgeordnetenwatch".abgeordnetenwatch.de(in German).Retrieved20 March2020.
- ^"Elvan Korkmaz-Emre, MdB".SPD-Bundestagsfraktion(in German). 25 September 2017.Retrieved20 March2020.
- ^"German Bundestag – Transport and Digital Infrastructure".German Bundestag.Retrieved20 March2020.
- ^"German Bundestag – Digital Agenda".German Bundestag.Retrieved20 March2020.
- ^Holzkamp, Rainer."Elvan Korkmaz-Emre soll neue Vorsitzende des SPD-Stadtverbands werden".Gütersloh: Aktuelle News & Nachrichten(in German).Retrieved17 October2021.
- ^Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021),SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-KoalitionWestdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^"Lasst es uns rocken" - Ehemalige Bundestagsabgeordnete hat neuen JobNeue Westfälische,31 May 2022.
- ^Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-WirtschaftsforumsArchived20 April 2022 at theWayback MachineBusiness Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.
- ^Members of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory CouncilFederal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway(BNetzA).
- ^Die Vizechefin: Elvan Korkmaz,Westdeutsche Zeitung,2014,retrieved3 April2021
- ^Holzkamp, Rainer (2019),Kommentar zu Elvan Korkmaz: "Gutes Krisenmanagement sieht anders aus",retrieved3 April2021
External links
[edit]- Official website(in German)
- Bundestag biography(in English)
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