Fatma KoÅŸer Kaya (born 20 February 1968 in
Çarşamba
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,
Turkey
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) is a Dutch
lawyer
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and
politician
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of
Turkish origin. As a member of
Democrats 66
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(D66) she was an MP from 8 September 2004 to 19 September 2012. She focused on
social affairs
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. From February 2013 to June 2014, she was an
alderwoman of
Wassenaar
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An affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies north of that city on the N44/A44 highway near the Nort ...
.
On 19 August 2015 she once again became a member of the House of Representatives, replacing
Gerard Schouw
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. Her term in the House ended on 23 March 2017.
[ From 20 June 2018 to 5 July 2022, she was an alderwoman of ]Amersfoort
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.
On 13 October 2022, KoÅŸer Kaya was appointed as the chairperson of the National Clients' Council. She commenced her duties on 1 November 2022.
KoÅŸer Kaya grew up in Bergen op Zoom
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and studied international law
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at Tilburg University
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.
Electoral history
References
*
Parlement.com biography
1968 births
Living people
Aldermen in Utrecht (province)
People from Amersfoort
Aldermen of Wassenaar
Democrats 66 politicians
Dutch people of Turkish descent
20th-century Dutch lawyers
Dutch Muslims
Dutch MPs 2012–2017
People from Bergen op Zoom
People from Çarşamba
Tilburg University alumni
Turkish emigrants to the Netherlands
21st-century Dutch women politicians
20th-century Dutch women lawyers
Dutch MPs 2006–2010
Dutch MPs 2010–2012
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