Nebahat Albayrak

Nebahat Albayrak
Nebahat Albayrak
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 2, 2011
Preceded by Myrthe Hilkens
In office
May 12, 2010 – April 12, 2011
Succeeded by Myrthe Hilkens
In office
May 19, 1998 – February 22, 2007
State Secretary for Justice
In office
February 22, 2007 – February 23, 2010
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by Ella Kalsbeek
Succeeded by Fred Teeven
Personal details
Born Nebahat Albayrak
April 10, 1968 (1968-04-10) (age 43)
Şarkışla, Turkey
Nationality Turkish, Dutch
Political party Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid - PvdA)
Residence Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater Leiden University (LLM, International and European Union law)
Occupation Politician, civil servant
Religion Muslim
Website (Dutch) Labour Party website

Nebahat Albayrak (born April 10, 1968 in Şarkışla) is a Turkish-Dutch politician and former civil servant. As a member of the Dutch Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) she is a former State Secretary for Justice in the Netherlands. Since May 12, 2010 she has been (again) an MP. From April till August 2011 she was on maternity leave. Myrthe Hilkens was replacing her.

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Biography

Albayrak moved to the Netherlands in 1970. In 1993, Albayrak graduated from Leiden University in international and European law. As part of her degree she also attended lectures in Ankara at Ankara University and the Institut d’Études Françaises, and in Paris at the Institut d’Études Politiques.[1]

Nebahat Albayrak

She worked at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 1993 to 1998. From 1998 to 2007 she was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives.[1]

On February 22, 2007 Nebahat Albayrak was installed as State Secretary (junior minister) for Justice in the fourth Balkenende cabinet. She and Ahmed Aboutaleb are the first Muslims in a Dutch cabinet.[2] The right wing Party for Freedom tried to prevent the installation of both Nebahat Albayrak and Ahmed Aboutaleb. The party also tried to pass a motion of no confidence in parliament directed against all parliamentarians or executive branch politicians with dual citizenship, claiming these politicians have a loyalty conflict or have the appearance of having one. Nebahat Albayrak has a Turkish and a Dutch passport. The motion was rejected by the House of Representatives, since no other party than the Party for Freedom supported it.[3][4]

See als

  • List of Dutch politicians

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