Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş
Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş | |
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Özdemir Göktaş in 2023 | |
| Minister of Family and Social Services | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2023 | |
| President | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Derya Yanık |
| Ambassador of Turkey to Algeria | |
| In office 1 January 2020 – 3 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Poroy |
| Succeeded by | Mücahit Küçükyılmaz |
| Member of the Parliament of Brussels | |
| In office 23 June 2009 – 26 May 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mahinur Özdemir 7 November 1982 Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
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| Political party | Justice and Development Party (2023–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Humanist Democratic Centre (2009–2015) Independent (2015–2023) |
| Spouse | Rahmi Göktaş |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Occupation | Politician, diplomat |
Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş (born 7 November 1982) is a Turkish-Belgian politician, diplomat and was Turkey's Ambassador to Algeria between 2020 and 2023. She is the youngest and first female member of parliament to wear the hijab. She was expelled from the Humanist Democratic Centre party (cdH) for denying the Armenian genocide in 2015.