Nebahat Albayrak

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Nebahat Albayrak
Nebahat Albayrak
Incumbent
Assumed office 
February 22, 2007
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
Preceded by Ella Kalsbeek-Jasperse
post was abolished from 2002-2007
Born April 10, 1968 (1968-04-10) (age 40)
Şarkışla, Turkey
Nationality Turkish and Dutch
Political party Labour Party (PvdA)
Residence Rotterdam, Netherlands
Religion Islam

Nebahat Albayrak (born April 10, 1968 in Şarkışla) is a Turkish-Dutch politician in the Netherlands. She is the current State Secretary of Justice in the Netherlands.

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[edit] Education

In 1993, she graduated from Leiden University in international and European law. She also studied in Ankara at Ankara University and the Institut d’Études Françaises, and in Paris at the Institut d’Études Politiques.[1]

[edit] Politics

Nebahat Albayrak
Nebahat Albayrak

Nebahat Albayrak was member of the Tweede Kamer (lower house) from 1998 until 2007 for the Labour Party (PvdA).[1]

On February 22, 2007 Nebahat Albayrak was installed as State Secretary (junior minister) of 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 Tweede Kamer, since no other party than the Party for Freedom supported it.[3][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b mr. N. Albayrak. www.justitie.nl. Ministry of Justice. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
  2. ^ "Netherlands government sworn in", Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera, 2007-02-22. Retrieved on 2007-03-16. 
  3. ^ "New Dutch Muslim Cabinet minister accuses lawmaker of racially motivated political attacks", www.iht.com, International Herald Tribune, 2007-03-07. Retrieved on 2007-03-16. 
  4. ^ "Motie "dubbele nationaliteit" verworpen", NOS Journaal, NOS, 2007-03-02. Retrieved on 2007-03-16. (Dutch) 

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