Elvan Korkmaz (born 27 July 1985 in Gütersloh) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who was a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2021.
Political career Korkmaz became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election. In parliament, she was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Digital Agenda Committee.
Korkmaz lost her seat in the 2021 German federal election. In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democrats (FDP) following the 2021 German elections, she was nonetheless part of her party's delegation in the working group on digital innovation and infrastructure, co-chaired by Jens Zimmermann, Malte Spitz and Andreas Pinkwart.Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021), SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-Koalition Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
Life after politics Since 2022, Korkmaz has been working at public affairs agency Gauly in Berlin."Lasst es uns rocken" - Ehemalige Bundestagsabgeordnete hat neuen Job Neue Westfälische, 31 May 2022.
Other activities Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020. Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory CouncilMembers of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway (BNetzA).
Personal life Korkmaz is of ethnic Turkish origin.
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Bundestag biography