Elvan Korkmaz

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Elvan Korkmaz
Member of the Bundestag
In office
2017–2021
Personal details
Born (1985-07-27) 27 July 1985 (age 36)
Gütersloh, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD

Elvan Korkmaz (born 27 July 1985 in Gütersloh) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who was a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2021.[1]

Political career[]

Korkmaz became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 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]

Korkmaz lost her seat at the 2021 German federal election.[5] In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, she was nonetheless part of her party's delegation in the working group on digital innovation and infrastructure, co-chaired by Jens Zimmermann, Malte Spitz and Andreas Pinkwart.[6]

Other activities[]

  • Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[7]
  • Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council[8]

Personal life[]

Korkmaz is of ethnic Turkish origin.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Elvan Korkmaz-Emre | Abgeordnetenwatch". www.abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Elvan Korkmaz-Emre, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ "German Bundestag – Transport and Digital Infrastructure". German Bundestag. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. ^ "German Bundestag – Digital Agenda". German Bundestag. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. ^ Holzkamp, Rainer. "Elvan Korkmaz-Emre soll neue Vorsitzende des SPD-Stadtverbands werden". Gütersloh: Aktuelle News & Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  6. ^ Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  7. ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Members of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA).
  9. ^ Die Vizechefin: Elvan Korkmaz, Westdeutsche Zeitung, 2014, retrieved 3 April 2021
  10. ^ Holzkamp, Rainer (2019), Kommentar zu Elvan Korkmaz: "Gutes Krisenmanagement sieht anders aus", retrieved 3 April 2021

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