Selma Yildirim

Selma Yildirim
Member of National Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 October 2017
PresidentWolfgang Sobotka
Personal details
Born (1969-08-25) 25 August 1969 (age 55)
Istanbul, Turkey
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Selma Yildirim (born 25 August 1969) is an Austrian politician who is a member of the National Council and deputy chairperson of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ).

Life

Yildirim was born in 1969 in Istanbul, Turkey, and moved to Austria as a child. She studied law at the University of Innsbruck. She is the leader of the SPÖ Tirol's women's organisation since 2014.[1] In November 2019 Yildirim became the party's spokesperson on judicial affairs.[2]

Yildirim was elected to the National Council in the 2017 election,[3] after running as her party's leading candidate in Tyrol.[4] She kept her seat after the 2019 election.[5]

Earlier, in April 2017, Yildirim had been nominated to become a judge on the Bundesfinanzgericht [de], but she was rejected in 2018 because she became a member of parliament in the meantime.[6]

References

  1. ^ Mitterwachauer, Manfred (4 September 2019). "Selma Yildirim (SPÖ): "Wir lassen uns nicht entmutigen"". Tiroler Tageszeitung (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Rendi-Wagner wird außenpolitische Sprecherin der SPÖ". k.at (in German). 12 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Nationalrat startet am Donnerstag mit 86 neuen Abgeordneten". Der Standard (in German). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. ^ "NR-Wahl: SPÖ-Yildirim peilt über 20 Prozent an". ORF.at (in German). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Mehr Mandate für ÖVP, Grüne und NEOS". ORF.at (in German). 30 September 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Yildirim als Finanzrichterin ausgebremst". Tiroler Tageszeitung (in German). 2 February 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2019.


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