Serkan Köse (born 1976) is a Swedish politician and member of the

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, the national

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. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Stockholm County since September 2018. He had previously been a substitute member of the Riksdag for

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twice: October 2014 to March 2017; and September 2017 to September 2018. Köse is the son of Mehmet Köse and Ayse Köse. He was educated in Botkyrka Municipality and studied at

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

from where he has a

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degree in political science. He has been a member of the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

Botkyrka Municipality Botkyrka Municipality ( ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, not far from the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the town of Tumba. In 1971 ''Grödinge'' was merged with Botkyrka and in 1974 ''Salem'' was added ...

since 2014.

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1976 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats People from Botkyrka Municipality Stockholm University alumni {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub