Elvan Korkmaz Explained

Elvan Korkmaz
Office:Member of the Bundestag
Term Start:2017
Term End:2021
Birth Date:1985 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Gütersloh, West Germany
Party:SPD
Nationality:German

Elvan Korkmaz (born 27 July 1985 in Gütersloh) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who was a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2021.[1]

Political career

Korkmaz became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election.[2] In parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Digital Agenda Committee.[3] [4]

Korkmaz lost her seat in the 2021 German federal election.[5] In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, she was nonetheless part of her party's delegation in the working group on digital innovation and infrastructure, co-chaired by Jens Zimmermann, Malte Spitz and Andreas Pinkwart.[6]

Life after politics

Since 2022, Korkmaz has been working at public affairs agency Gauly in Berlin.[7]

Other activities

Personal life

Korkmaz is of ethnic Turkish origin.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elvan Korkmaz-Emre Abgeordnetenwatch. www.abgeordnetenwatch.de. de. 2020-03-20.
  2. Web site: Elvan Korkmaz-Emre, MdB. 2017-09-25. SPD-Bundestagsfraktion. de. 2020-03-20.
  3. Web site: German Bundestag – Transport and Digital Infrastructure. German Bundestag. en. 2020-03-20.
  4. Web site: German Bundestag – Digital Agenda. German Bundestag. en. 2020-03-20.
  5. Web site: Holzkamp. Rainer. Elvan Korkmaz-Emre soll neue Vorsitzende des SPD-Stadtverbands werden. 2021-10-17. Gütersloh: Aktuelle News & Nachrichten. de.
  6. Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
  7. https://www.nw.de/lokal/kreis_guetersloh/guetersloh/23276109_Lasst-es-uns-rocken-Ehemalige-Bundestagsabgeordnete-hat-neuen-Job.html "Lasst es uns rocken" - Ehemalige Bundestagsabgeordnete hat neuen Job
  8. https://www.spd-wirtschaftsforum.de/news/neukonstituierung_politischer_beirat-20200701/ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums
  9. https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Allgemeines/Bundesnetzagentur/BeiraeteundAusschuesse/EisenbahnInfrastrukturBeirat/Mitglieder/MitgliederEisenbahninfrastrukturbeirat.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=83 Members of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council

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