Tsigdem Asafoglou ( ''Tsigdém Asáfoglou''; ; born 17 November 1987) is a Greek politician, currently president of the

Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace The Party of Friendship, Equality and Peace (, abbr. Κ.Ι.Ε.Φ., KIEF; , DEBP) is a Greece, Greek ethnic party founded to represent the interests of Turks of Western Thrace. Overview The party was created on 13 September 1991 by Sadik Ach ...

, representing part of the Muslim Minority of Western Thrace. Asafoglou was born on 17 November 1987 in

Xanthi Xanthi is a city in the region of Western Thrace, northeastern Greece. It is the capital of the Xanthi regional unit of the region of East Macedonia and Thrace. Amphitheatrically built on the foot of Rhodope mountain chain, the city is divided ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

. She studied at Limachers Primary School and 1st State High School in

. She completed her university education at the Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy of the

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ( AUTh; ), often called the University of Thessaloniki, is the second oldest tertiary education institution in Greece. Named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, about east of Thessa ...

. After working actively for 3 years as a member of the FEP Party she was elected as the chairman in the party congress on 5 January 2019. She is married and the mother of one child.

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