Nazli Süleyman
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Nazlı Süleyman was a councillor
Councillor
A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...

 of Brimbank, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. She was elected to her third consecutive term on Council at the election on 26 November 2005, as one of three Councillors representing the new Taylors Ward. She was elected to her third term as Mayor on 6 December 2005. Suleyman has lived in St Albans all her life, where she attended a local public secondary school. Suleyman’s parents were Turkish Cypriot migrants who came to Australia from Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

 in the 1960s and worked hard to carve out a life for themselves in a new country.

Suleyman did not seek re-election at the 2008 local government elections.

Brimbank Community Festival

Suleyman’s aspiration of holding a community festival to celebrate the many cultures that make up Brimbank became a reality, when the Brimbank Community Festival was held at West Sunshine Community Centre in September 2005.

Sunshine funding

Suleyman launched the Sustainable Sunshine program in Brimbank City Council which is a sustainable business management program that sees traders in Sunshine and the Sunshine
Sunshine, Victoria
Sunshine is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia lying 11 to 13 km west of the CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Brimbank. At the 2006 Census, Sunshine had a population of 8,070.-History:...

Shopping Centre precinct benefit from reductions in waste going to landfill, water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and increased bottom line results. It is currently the largest operating program of its kind in Australia.
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