Summary
Cansel Kiziltepe (born 8 October 1975) is a German economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister (Senator) for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination in the government of Governing Mayor Kai Wegner since 2023.[1]
Cansel Kiziltepe | |
|---|---|
 Kiziltepe in 2023 | |
| Senator for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination | |
| Assumed office 27 April 2023 | |
| Governing Mayor | Kai Wegner |
| Preceded by | Katja Kipping |
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| In office 2013–2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Ana-Maria Trăsnea |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1975 Berlin, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party | SPD |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Berlin |
Prior to joining the state government, Kiziltepe was a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin from 2013 to 2023. In addition to her parliamentary work, she served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2023.[2]
Early life and career edit
Of ethnic Turkish origin,[3][4][5] Kiziltepe studied economics at the Technical University of Berlin. From 2005 until 2012, she worked as legislative advisor to Ottmar Schreiner. She subsequently worked as economist on the staff of board member Horst Neumann at Volkswagen from 2012 until 2013.
Political career edit
Member of the German Parliament, 2013–2023 edit
Kiziltepe became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election.[6] From 2013 to 2021, she was a member of the Finance Committee; in this capacity, she served as her parliamentary group's rapporteur on plans to introduce a financial transaction tax. In 2018, she also joined the Sports Committee.[7][8]
Within the SPD parliamentary group, Kiziltepe belonged to the Parliamentary Left, a left-wing movement.[9]
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Kiziltepe was part of her party's delegation in the working group on financial regulation and the national budget, co-chaired by Doris Ahnen, Lisa Paus and Christian Dürr.[10]
Career in state politics edit
Following the 2023 Berlin state election, Kiziltepe was appointed State Minister (Senator) for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination in the government of Governing Mayor Kai Wegner.[11] As one of the state’s representatives at the Bundesrat since 2023, she has been serving on the Committee on Family and Senior Citizen Affairs, the Committee on Labour, Integration and Social Policy, and the Committee on Women and Youth.[12]
Other activities edit
- German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2022)[13]
- Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Advisory Board on Economic Policy (since 2020)[14]
- Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund (KENFO), Member of the Board of Trustees (2018–2022)[15][16]
- IG Metall, Member
References edit
- ^ Julius Betschka (7 April 2023, Schwarz soll Wirtschaftssenator in Berlin bleiben, Cansel Kiziltepe könnte wichtiges Senatorenamt besetzen Der Tagesspiegel.
- ^ Stephan Radomsky (7 December 2021), Klara Geywitz: Eine Frau für den Bau Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ Rennefanz, Sabine (2013), SPD-Kandidatin in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Cansel Kiziltepe : Mein Vater, meine Tochter, mein Weg, Berliner Zeitung, retrieved 3 April 2021
- ^ Abbott, Anna-Lena (2013), Mama Kiziltepe erklärt die Welt, Der Spiegel, retrieved 3 April 2021
- ^ Kuhla, Karoline (2013), Kampf um Wähler mit Migrationshintergrund, Der Tagesspiegel, retrieved 3 April 2021
- ^ "Cansel Kiziltepe, MdB". SPD-Bundestagsfraktion (in German). 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Finance". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ "German Bundestag - Sports". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
- ^ Members Parliamentary Left.
- ^ Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP[permanent dead link] Deutschlandfunk, October 27, 2021.
- ^ Julius Betschka and Christian Latz (29 April 2023), Berlins neue Sozialsenatorin: „Wir werden jetzt nicht auf politische Spielchen der Rechten reinfallen“ Der Tagesspiegel.
- ^ Cansel Kiziltepe Bundesrat.
- ^ Kai Niebert leitet künftig das Kuratorium der DBU German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), press release of 22 June 2022.
- ^ Einsetzung eines Wirtschaftspolitischen Beirats Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , press release of March 23, 2020.
- ^ Governance Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund.
- ^ Wahlvorschläge für Kuratorium des Kenfo Bundestag, press release of 27 April 2022.
External links edit
- Official website (in German)
- Bundestag biography (in English)