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Dilek Kalayci
Senator for Health, Nursing and Equality of Berlin
In office
8 December 2016 – 20 December 2021
Governing MayorMichael Müller
Preceded byMario Czaja
Succeeded byUlrike Gote
Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin
In office
11 December 2014 – 8 December 2016
Serving with Frank Henkel
Governing MayorMichael Müller
Preceded byMichael Müller
Succeeded byRamona Pop
Senator for Labour, Integration and Women of Berlin
In office
24 November 2011 – 8 December 2016
Governing MayorKlaus Wowereit
Michael Müller
Preceded byCarola Bluhm
Succeeded byElke Breitenbach
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
for Tempelhof-Schöneberg 3
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 October 2001
Preceded byDieter Nippert
Personal details
Born
Dilek Demirel

(1967-02-07) 7 February 1967 (age 57)
Kelkit, Turkey
Political partySocial Democratic Party.
Spouse(s)Kenan Kolat (1989–2017)
Hivzi Kalayci (2019–)
Alma materTechnische Universität Berlin
Websitewww.dilek-kalayci.de

Dilek Kalayci (German pronunciation: [kaˈlaɪtʃi]; Turkish: Kalaycı Turkish pronunciation: [kaˈɫajdʒɯ]; née Demirel, formerly Kolat, born 7 February 1967) is a Turkish-German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as State Minister for Health, Care and Equality (2016–2021) and as Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin and State Minister for Labour, Integration and Women (2014–2016) in the government of Mayor Michael Müller.

Early life and education

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Kalayci has lived in Germany since was three years old.[1]

Kalayci studied Mathematical economics at Technische Universität Berlin, after that she worked at the Deutsche Kreditbank.[2]

Political career

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From 1995 until 1999, Kalayci was a member of the borough council of Schöneberg and the deputy leader of the SPD group in the council.

In the 2001 state elections, Kalayci won the Tempelhof-Schöneberg 3 constituency with 39.6% of the vote. She was able to defend her constituency in all subsequent elections. Between 2006 and 2011, Kalayci was the deputy leader of the SPD group in the Berlin Abgeordenetenhaus.

In November 2011 Berlin's Governing Mayor, Klaus Wowereit appointed Kalayci State Minister for Labour, Integration and Women,[3] a post she held until 2016. After Wowereit's resignation in 2014 and Michael Müller's election as Governing Mayor she succeeded him as Deputy Governing Mayor in December 2014.[4]

After the 2016 state elections, Kalayci became State Minister for Health, Care and Equality in December 2016,[5] she was not reappointed as Deputy Governing Mayor, being succeeded by the Green Party politician Ramona Pop.

As one of the state’s representatives at the Bundesrat from 2011 until 2021, Kalayci was a member of the Committee on Health. She was also a member of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the Russian Federation Council.

Other activities

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Corporate boards

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  • Berliner Sparkasse, Member of the Advisory Board
  • Vivantes, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2016–2021)[6]

Non-profit organizations

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Personal life

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Kalayci lives in Berlin's Lichterfelde district.[10] From 1989 until 2017 she was married to Kenan Kolat, and in 2019 she married Hivzi Kalayci.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Zu meiner Person - Dilek Kolat". www.dilek-kolat.com (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  2. ^ "Dilek Kolat (SPD)". www.berlin.de (in German). 2017-08-01. Archived from the original on 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  3. ^ ONLINE, RP (29 November 2011). "Berliner SPD vergibt ihre Senatoren-Posten". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  4. ^ Zawatka-Gerlach, Ulrich (2014-11-21). "Müllers neue und alte Leute". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  5. ^ Beikler, Sabine; Vieth-Entus, Susanne; Heine, Hannes; Kühne, Anja; Loy, Thomas; Schönball, Ralf; Schaper, Rüdiger; Kneist, Sigrid; Keilani, Fatina (2016-12-09). "Der Bürgermeister und seine neuen Senatoren". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  6. ^ Supervisory Board Vivantes.
  7. ^ Board of Trustees Archived 2019-10-19 at the Wayback Machine Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin.
  8. ^ Board of Trustees Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine Kaiserin Friedrich-Stiftung für das ärztliche Fortbildungswesen.
  9. ^ Grüne: Schluss mit den vielen Nebenjobs B.Z., July 13, 2012.
  10. ^ Hildburg Bruns (July 28, 2017), Nach 28 Jahren: Liebes-Aus bei Senatorin Dilek Kolat und ihrem Mann B.Z..
  11. ^ Noetzel, Karen (5 June 2019). "Senatorin heißt jetzt Kalayci statt Kolat". Berliner Woche (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-18.
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