Yasemin Çegerek (born 10 November 1977) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent. She was an MP for the Labour Party between 18 June 2013 and 23 March 2017. She replaced

Désirée Bonis Désirée Bonis (born 5 July 1959, in Velsen) is a former Dutch politician and diplomat. As a member of the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she was an House of Representatives (Netherlands), MP from 20 September 2 ...

, who left the

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on 13 June 2013. Çegerek was a member of the commissions of foreign affairs, defense, European affairs, Kingdom relations, foreign trade and development aid. Çegerek temporarily went on maternity leave and her designated replacement was Marith Rebel-Volp. However, as House of Representatives member Myrthe Hilkens left the House on 28 August 2013, Rebel-Volp permanently replaced her instead. Henk Leenders was named as the replacement for Çegerek. Between 2002 and 2006 Çegerek served as a municipal councillor in

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. And since 2007 she has been a member of the

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. Çegerek studied

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at the

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. Çegerek's time in the House ended on 23 March 2017. Since 22 May 2018 she has been alderman in

Heerde Heerde () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Gelderland, in the eastern Netherlands. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of t ...

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1977 births Living people 21st-century Dutch politicians 21st-century Dutch women politicians Aldermen in Gelderland Dutch people of Turkish descent Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands) Members of the Provincial Council of Gelderland Municipal councillors of Enschede People from Apeldoorn University of Twente alumni {{Netherlands-PvdA-politician-stub