| Office: | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Term Start: | 6 December 2023 |
| Party: | New Social Contract (since 2023) |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Midyat, Turkey |
| Residence: | Rijssen |
| Otherparty: | Christian Democratic Appeal (formerly) |
| Alma Mater: | Saxion University of Applied Sciences Nyenrode Business Universiteit |
Isa Kahraman (born 1 April 1974) is a Turkish-born Dutch politician who was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2023 general election. A member of New Social Contract (NSC), he serves as his party's spokesperson for defence, veterans, development cooperation, as well as foreign religious minorities.[1] He is of Syriac Aramean origin, having arrived in the Netherlands as a child. He lives in Rijssen, Overijssel.[2] [3]
From 2006 to 2018, he served three terms as a municipal councillor of Rijssen-Holten on behalf of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). From 2009 onwards, he led the CDA in the municipal council.
Kahraman filed a parliamentary motion in March 2024 to postpone talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina about a potential accession to the European Union (EU). The motion was defeated by a narrow margin, while Prime Minister Mark Rutte had indicated in advance that he would not veto the talks to avoid alienating the Netherlands within the EU.[4]
| Body | Party | Votes | Result | . | ||||||||
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| Party seats | Individual | |||||||||||
| 2023 | House of Representatives | New Social Contract | style=text-align:right | 16 | style=text-align:right | 3,357 | style=text-align:right | 20 | [5] |