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Cansu Özdemir (born 8 September 1988) is a German politician of The Left from Hamburg. She is a member of the
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.


Life

Özdemir was born in
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to
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parents in 1988. After she received her ''
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'' from Kieler Straße Business School in 2009, she studied
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and politics at the
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Political career

In 2009, Özdemir also became a member of The Left and in
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she entered the Hamburg Parliament of which she has been a member ever since. Özdemir led The Left in the 2020 Hamburg state election. She is known for her support for the legalization of the
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, which is banned in
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. Özdemir is also a strong critic of the
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, and the foreign policy of Germany regarding
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. She called
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a "dictator" in an interview, and is also critical of the Syrian civil war. She was an unsuccessful candidate for the
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in the
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. She contested the
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of Hamburg-Altona.


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External links


Biography at the Hamburg Parliament website
1988 births Living people Politicians from Hamburg German people of Kurdish descent 21st-century German women politicians Women members of state parliaments in Germany Die Linke politicians University of Hamburg alumni Members of the Hamburg Parliament Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029 Female members of the Bundestag Members of the Bundestag for Hamburg Members of the Bundestag for Die Linke {{Germany-Left-politician-stub