Meyrem Almaci

Meyrem Almaci (born 25 February 1976) is a Turkish-Belgian politician from Flanders and member of the ecological party Groen. On 10 June 2007, she was elected into the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the first time. In 2010, she was re-elected. Since 2014 she's also the president of Groen. She is the leader of Groen (and Ecolo) in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.

Meyrem Almaci
Member of the Chamber of Representatives
Assumed office
10 June 2007
Party President of Groen
Assumed office
15 November 2014
Preceded byWouter Van Besien
Personal details
Born (1976-02-25) 25 February 1976
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
NationalityBelgian/Turkish
Political partyGroen
Residence(s)Borgerhout (Antwerp)
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteOfficial website

Career

Almaci had a bachelor degree in comparative cultural science from Ghent University and completed a master course on the subject. In 2000, she founded the Agalev section Sint-Gillis-Waas and she became councillor in the same year. She has worked as a scientific worker in research projects at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in 2002-3, about study choices and the study success of immigrants in higher studies. In 2006, she moved to Borgerhout, a district of Antwerp, where she has become district Councillor. On 15 November 2014 she became party president.

Issues

On May 17, 2021, she appeared in a program of the public Flemish TV, "de Afspraak" on Canvas. She accused de "Jews of doing to Palestinians what they endured during the Holocaust." and also "she deliberately told the untruth by suggesting that Israel was vaccinating the “Jews” but not the Arab population against Covid19". These antisemitic speech got the international attention [1],[2],[3]

Personal life

Almaci was born to a Turkish immigrant family hailing from Kozluçay in Yalvaç, Isparta Province. She had 10 siblings, two of whom died young.[4] She has Turkish-Belgian dual citizenship and is married with two children.

See also

References
  1. "Belgium: A leading role in fighting Israel and Jews?". 11 June 2021.
  2. "Flemish public TV: If Jews are "chosen" they should act it, minister with Jewish ancestry might not be objective, Israel only vaccinates Jews".
  3. "Antisemitismus in Belgien: Die Außenministerin und der Judenhass".
  4. "Meyrem Almaci (Groen!), kandidaat-burgemeester van Antwerpen". Humo. 12 September 2011.

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