Züleyxa Izmailova Explained
Züleyxa Izmailova |
Office: | Leader of the Estonian Greens |
Term Start: | 27 March 2017 |
Term End: | 10 February 2022 |
Predecessor: | Aleksander Laane |
Successor: | - Johanna Maria Tõugu
- Marko Kaasik
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Birth Date: | 15 June 1985 |
Birth Place: | Tallinn, Estonia |
Party: | SDE (2024–present) |
Partner: | Joonas Laks |
Children: | 3 |
Office3: | Member of the Riigikogu |
Term Start3: | 20 May 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Johanna-Maria Lehtme |
Otherparty: | Estonian Greens (2015–2022) E200 (2022–2024) |
Native Name: | Züleyxa İsmayılova |
Züleyxa "Zuzu" Izmailova[1] [2] (Azerbaijani: Züleyxa İsmayılova; born 13 June 1985) is an Estonian journalist, environmental activist and politician, who was the leader of the Estonian Greens from March 2017 to February 2022.
Biography
Izmailova was born to an Azerbaijani father and Estonian mother. Her partner is fellow member of the Estonian Greens Board Joonas Laks, with whom she has two children.[3] Izmailova studied geodesy at Kehtna Vocational Education Center from 2005 to 2008, but did not graduate.[4]
Political career
From 2005 to 2012, she was a member of the Social Democratic Party. On 27 March 2017, Izmailova was elected as the leader of the Estonian Greens party.[5] [6] She was one of the candidates for the mayoralty of Tallinn in 2017. On 9 November 2017, she became one of the deputy mayors of Tallinn, with Taavi Aas as the mayor of Tallinn. She is also a noted environmental activist, staging several protests about the environmental concerns of the Rail Baltica project, as well as advocating for the strengthening of environmental regulations in Estonia.[7]
Züleyxa Izmailova left the Estonian Greens in February 2022[8] and in May 2022 announced she had joined Eesti 200.[9] In May 2023 she entered the Estonian Parliament following the resignation of Johanna-Maria Lehtme.[10] In June 2024 she was ejected from Estonia 200 and subsequently rejoined the Social Democratic Party.[11] [12]
Awards
- 2016 – Anne & Stiil magazine Woman of the Year[13]
Notes and References
- News: Eestimaa Rohelised uueks juhiks valiti Züleyxa Izmailova. 17 March 2018. 27 March 2017. Pealinn. Estonian.
- News: Podcast rubriigist "Intervjuu" KUKU raadios. 17 March 2018. 27 March 2017. kuku.postimees.ee. Estonian. 23 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170423061941/http://podcast.kuku.postimees.ee/2017/03/27/intervjuu-2017-03-271235/. dead.
- News: Ma elan siin. Aserbaidžaani verd Züleyxa Izmailova. 17 March 2018. 5 November 2016. vikerraadio.err.ee. Estonian.
- News: Õppeosakonna juhataja Erni Ajaots mäletab Züleyxad hästi: "Muide, oma keskkooli lõputunnistuse on ta meie kooli unustanud ja see on siiamaani siin.". 17 March 2018. 19 January 2018. Kroonika. Estonian.
- News: Eestimaa Roheliste uus juht seab eesmärgiks ökoriigi. 17 March 2018. 27 March 2017. err.ee. Estonian.
- News: Roheliste uueks juhiks valiti Züleyxa Izmailova. 17 March 2018. 27 March 2017. delfi.ee. Estonian.
- News: Keskkonnaaktivist rääkis "Radaris" oma argipäevast: päevad täis koosolekuid, seminare, meeleavaldusi. 17 March 2018. 7 February 2017. postimees.ee. Estonian.
- https://news.err.ee/1608499868/zuleyxa-izmailova-quits-the-green-party ERR News. Züleyxa Izmailova quits the Green Party.
- https://news.err.ee/1608587575/former-estonian-greens-chairman-joins-eesti-200 ERR News. Former Estonian Greens chairman joins Eesti 200.
- https://news.err.ee/1608983471/mp-replacing-lehtme-entering-the-riigkogu-in-this-way-is-awkward ERR News. MP replacing Lehtme: Entering the Riigkogu in this way is awkward.
- Web site: ERR . ERR . 2024-06-01 . Eesti 200 throws Züleyxa Izmailova out of party . 2024-07-19 . ERR . en.
- Web site: ERR . ERR . 2024-06-12 . Former Eesti 200 MP Züleyxa Izmailova joins Social Democratic Party . 2024-07-19 . ERR . en.
- News: Ajakirja Anne&Stiil aasta naine on Züleyxa Izmailova. 17 March 2018. 25 November 2016. elu24. Estonian.