Selma Yildirim (born 25 August 1969) is an Austrian politician who is a member of the
National Council and deputy chairperson of the
Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ).
Life
Yildirim was born in 1969 in
Istanbul
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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
, and moved to
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
as a child. She studied law at the
University of Innsbruck
The University of Innsbruck (german: Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck; la, Universitas Leopoldino Franciscea) is a public research university in Innsbruck, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Tyrol, founded on October 15, 1669. ...
. She is the leader of the SPÖ Tirol's women's organisation since 2014.
In November 2019 Yildirim became the party's spokesperson on judicial affairs.
Yildirim was elected to the National Council in the
2017 election,
after running as her party's leading candidate in
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
.
She kept her seat after the
2019 election.
Earlier, in April 2017, Yildirim had been nominated to become a judge on the , but she was rejected in 2018 because she became a member of parliament in the meantime.
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1969 births
Living people
Austrian people of Turkish descent
Politicians from Istanbul
Social Democratic Party of Austria politicians
Members of the National Council (Austria)
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