Meyrem Almaci

Meyrem Almaci
Member of Parliament: Chamber of Representatives
In office 10 June 2007 – 12 June 2010
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2010
Member of the Sint-Gillis-Waas city council
In office January 2000 – August 2006
Personal details
Born	25 February 1976 (1976-02-25) (age 35) Sint-Niklaas (East Flanders), Belgium
Nationality	Turkish/Belgian
Political party	Groen!
Residence	Berchem (Antwerp)
Occupation	Politician
Website	Official website

Meyrem Almaci (born 25 February 1976, in Sint-Niklaas) is a Belgian (Flemish) politician and member of the ecological party Groen!. On 10 June 2007, she was elected into the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the first time. In 2010, she was re-elected.

She is the leader of Groen! (and Ecolo) in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.

Biography

Almaci has dual Turkish-Belgian citizenship. In Ghent, she got a master's degree in "Comparative Cultural Sciences".

She's currently living in Berchem, a district of Antwerp.

She has founded in 2000 the section of Agalev in her home place at that time Sint-Gillis-Waas and she became councillor in the same year. She is the spokesperson of Jong Groen! since 2005. 2006 she moved to Berchem, where she has become district Councillor.

Meyrem Almaci is a master in Comparative Cultural Studies. She has worked as a scientific worker in research projects at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the K.U. Leuven as from 2002 about study choises and the study success of immigrants in higher studies.

She is married and she still lives in Antwerp. She has two children.

Career

Timeline

• 10/06/2007 – : Representative (constituency of Antwerp)

References

• Personal website
• Biography at Groen! website

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Name	Almaci, Meyrem
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Date of birth	25 February 1976
Place of birth	Sint-Niklaas (East Flanders), Belgium
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