Cansel Kiziltepe | |
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Senator for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination | |
Assumed office 27 April 2023 | |
Governing Mayor | Kai Wegner |
Preceded by | Katja Kipping |
Member of the Bundestag | |
In office 2013–2023 | |
Succeeded by | Ana-Maria Trăsnea |
Personal details | |
Born | Berlin, West Germany (now Germany) | 8 October 1975
Political party | SPD |
Alma mater | Technische Universität Berlin |
Cansel Kiziltepe (born 8 October 1975) is a German economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister (Senator) for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination in the government of Governing Mayor Kai Wegner since 2023.[1]
Prior to joining the state government, Kiziltepe was a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin from 2013 to 2023. In addition to her parliamentary work, she served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2023.[2]