Ekin Deligöz is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 politician of Turkish origin and a member of Alliance '90/The Greens

Alliance '90/The Greens

Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir...

. She currently serves as a member of the German Bundestag

Bundestag

The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...

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Life

Born in Turkey, Ekin's family moved to West Germany in 1979. She attended school in Weißenhorn

Weißenhorn

Weißenhorn is a town in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria. Weissenhorn lies about 22 km southeast of Ulm at the river "Roth".-History:...

 and afterwards partook in Administrative Studies in Konstanz

Konstanz

Konstanz is a university city with approximately 80,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. The city houses the University of Konstanz.-Location:...

 and Vienna

Vienna

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. Ekin joined the Greens as a student member and belonged to the Bavaria of the Greens youth. Since 1998, she is a member of the Bundestag. Ekin Deligöz is married with one child.

External links

• Personal site
• Ekin Deligöz Bundestag profile
• http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=121067688Her works at the German National Library
  German National Library
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