Melis Sekmen (born 26 September 1993) is a German politician. She is a member of the German Bundestag from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She previously was a member of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. She is of Turkish descent.[1]
Melis Sekmen | |
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-HYP-Yerlikaya.jpg) Sekmen in 2023 | |
| Member of the Bundestag for Baden-Württemberg | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 September 1993 Mannheim, Germany |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens (until July 2024) CDU (since July 2024) |
Political career
editIn the Bundestag, Sekmen serves on the Committee on Economic Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2022.[2]
Elected as a Green in 2021, she resigned from her former party and its Bundestag fraction on 1 July 2024, intending to apply for membership in the CDU and the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group. Sekmen said, "My idea of how and in what style politics is done has evolved."[3] Sekmen's differences of opinion with the Green Party's majority line had recently become apparent primarily in the areas of migration and the economy; for example, she had called for a "change of course" in migration and integration policy. She also cited her recognition of the Union's new basic program as a reason for the switch.[4][5] On 9 July, Sekmen was admitted to the CDU.[6] She is thus the first Green member of the Bundestag to switch to the Union parties since Vera Lengsfeld in 1996,[7] and the third CDU member of Turkish origin after Cemile Giousouf and Serap Güler.
References
edit- ^ "18 lawmakers of Turkish descent win seat in Germany's Bundestag". Hürriyet Daily News. 28 September 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly Bundestag.
- ^ "Sekmen wechselt zu Unionsfraktion" (in German). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Wir brauchen einen Kurswechsel in der Migrations- und Integrationspolitik". Melis Sekmen MdB (in German). 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Obfrau der Grünen im Wirtschaftsausschuss wechselt zur CDU". Manager (in German). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Ex-Grüne: CDU-Kreisverband Mannheim nimmt Melis Sekmen auf". SWR Aktuell (in German). 9 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Melis Sekmen: Grünen-Abgeordnete wechselt zur Union". Die Welt (in German). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
