Serdar Yüksel
Serdar Yüksel | |
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Yüksel in 2014 | |
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| Born | 27 April 1973 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party (since 1989) |
Serdar Yüksel (born April 27, 1973) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and current Member of the Bundestag since the 2025 election. He has also been a member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia since the 2010 election.
Early life and education
Yüksel is the son of a worker of Kurdish descent who immigrated from Turkey to Essen in 1964. His father worked at Krupp and was active in the IG Metall union.[1] Despite a recommendation after primary school to attend Gymnasium, Yüksel first attended Hauptschule. After completing his Hauptschule in Wattenscheid, he attended the Fachoberschule in Bochum and completed an apprenticeship as a nurse in 1994. He worked as an intensive care nurse until 2010. He joined the Social Democratic Party at 15 years old, in 1989.[2]
He is a follower of Alevism.[3]
References
- ^ "Serdar Yüksel ist unser Kandidat für den Bundestag › SPD WAT" (in German). 2024-11-30. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ "Serdar Yüksel › Serdar Yüksel MdL" (in German). Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ Kazim, Hasnain (2016-10-31). "Bautzen und Rechtsextremismus: SPD-Abgeordneter Serdar Yüksel auf Spurensuche". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2025-02-26.