Sadet Karabulut is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 politician

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 and former
civil servant and trade unionist of Kurdish-Turkish

Kurds in Turkey

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 descent. As a member of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (Netherlands)

The Socialist Party is a democratic socialist political party in the Netherlands. After the 2006 general election, the Socialist Party became one of the major parties of the Netherlands with 25 seats of 150, an increase of 16 seats. The party was in opposition against the fourth Balkenende cabinet...

 (Socialistische Partij) she has been an MP since November 30, 2006. From January 11 till April 14, 2011 she was on maternity leave and therefore replaced by Rik Janssen

Rik Janssen

Rik Arend Janssen is a Dutch politician and former businessman. As a member of the Socialist Party he was a temporary MP from January 11 till April 14, 2011, replacing Sadet Karabulut, who was on maternity leave. He focused on matters of security, judiciary, immigration and political asylum...

. She focuses on matters of social affairs (poverty reduction

Poverty reduction

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, social assistance, purchasing power

Purchasing power

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 and child benefit

Child benefit

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), emancipation

Emancipation

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 and social integration

Social integration

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From March till November 2006 she was a member of the municipal council

Municipal council

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 of Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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Karabulut studied public administration

Public administration

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 at Erasmus University Rotterdam and was active in the Dutch National Students' Trade Union (LSVb).

External links

House of Representatives biography