Serpil Midyatli | |
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Leader of the Opposition in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein | |
Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
Minister-President | Daniel Günther |
Preceded by | Thomas Losse-Müller |
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein | |
Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
Chief Whip | Kai Dolgner |
Deputy | Martin Habersaat Birte Pauls |
Preceded by | Thomas Losse-Müller |
Member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein | |
Assumed office 06 June 2017 | |
Constituency | Social Democratic List |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 August 1975 Kiel,West Germany |
Nationality | Germany |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Serpil Midyatli (born 8 August 1975) is a German politician who has been serving as deputy leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD),and chairwoman of the SPD in Schleswig-Holstein since 2019. She has been the Leader of the Opposition in Schleswig-Holstein since July 2021.
Midyatli joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany in 2000. She was part of the local municipal council in Kiel-Gaarden. [1] Midyatli has been a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein since the 2009 election. [2]
Midyatli's political topics of interest include social integration,equality,family policy,and other social issues. [3] She is considered part of the left wing within the Social Democratic Party. [4]
In March 2019 Midyatli became leader of the SPD in Schleswig-Holstein,succeeding Ralf Stegner to be the first woman in the office. [3] On 6 December she was elected as one of five deputy federal chairpersons of her party. Prior to this,she supported Saskia Esken and Norbert Walter-Borjans in the leadership election. [5] Also succeeding Ralf Stegner,Midyatli became chairwoman of the party's parliamentary group in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein and thereby leader of the opposition in July 2021. [6]
In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD,the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections,Midyatli led her party's delegation in the working group on children,youth and families;her co-chairs from the other parties were Katrin Göring-Eckardt and Stephan Thomae. [7]
Midyatli was nominated by her party as delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2022. [8]
In December 2023 Midyatli became Leader of the SPD in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein once again,after the incumbent Thomas Losse-Müller announced his resignation on 6 December 2023. [9]
Midyatli was born in 1975 in Kiel,where she also grew up. Her parents are Turkish immigrants. [4] She is a Muslim,married,and has two sons. [11]
After graduating from the Realschule in 1992,Midyatli originally planned to study law. Instead she came to lead a restaurant owned by her parents at the age of 18. [12] She later ran a concert hall,a catering company,and founded a cultural event company with her husband. [1]
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