Dilek Kalayci
{{redirect|Kalayci|the village in Turkey|Kalaycı, Amasra}}
{{Short description|Turkish-German politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Dilek Kolat, HBS (2).jpg
| office = Senator for Health, Nursing and Equality of Berlin
| term_start = 8 December 2016
| term_end = 20 December 2021
| predecessor = Mario Czaja
| successor = Ulrike Gote
| office2 = Senator for Labour, Integration and Women of Berlin
| predecessor2 = Carola Bluhm
| party = Social Democratic Party.
| 1blankname = {{nowrap|Governing Mayor}}
| 1namedata = Michael Müller
| 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|Governing Mayor}}
| 1namedata1 = Michael Müller
| alongside1 = Frank Henkel
| office1 = Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin
| predecessor1 = Michael Müller
| successor1 = Ramona Pop
| successor2 = Elke Breitenbach
| birth_name = Dilek Demirel
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1967|2|7}}
| birth_place = Kelkit, Turkey
| spouse = Kenan Kolat (1989–2017)
Hivzi Kalayci (2019–)
| alma_mater = Technische Universität Berlin
| 1blankname2 = {{nowrap|Governing Mayor}}
| 1namedata2 = Klaus Wowereit
Michael Müller
| term_start1 = 11 December 2014
| term_end1 = 8 December 2016
| term_start2 = 24 November 2011
| term_end2 = 8 December 2016
| office3 = Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
for Tempelhof-Schöneberg 3
| term_start3 = 21 October 2001
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = Dieter Nippert
| successor3 =
| website = {{URL|www.dilek-kalayci.de}}
| caption = Kalayci in 2013
}}
Dilek Kalayci ({{IPA|de|kaˈlaɪtʃi}}; {{langx|tr|Kalaycı}} {{IPA|tr|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
Kalayci has lived in Germany since she was three years old.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dilek-kolat.com/zu-meiner-person/|title=Zu meiner Person - Dilek Kolat|website=www.dilek-kolat.com|language=de|access-date=2018-05-19}}
Kalayci studied Mathematical economics at Technische Universität Berlin, after that she worked at the Deutsche Kreditbank.{{Cite web|url=https://www.berlin.de/sen/gpg/ueber-uns/leitung/senatorin/|title=Dilek Kolat (SPD)|date=2017-08-01|website=www.berlin.de|language=de|access-date=2018-05-19|archive-date=2018-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520055135/https://www.berlin.de/sen/gpg/ueber-uns/leitung/senatorin/|url-status=dead}}
Political career
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,{{Cite web|url=https://rp-online.de/politik/berliner-spd-vergibt-ihre-senatoren-posten_aid-13041323|title=Berliner SPD vergibt ihre Senatoren-Posten|last=ONLINE|first=RP|website=rp-online.de|date=29 November 2011 |language=de|access-date=2018-05-19}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/rot-schwarzer-senat-muellers-neue-und-alte-leute/11017652.html|title=Müllers neue und alte Leute|last=Zawatka-Gerlach|first=Ulrich|date=2014-11-21|work=Der Tagesspiegel Online|access-date=2018-05-19|language=de-DE|issn=1865-2263}}
After the 2016 state elections, Kalayci became State Minister for Health, Care and Equality in December 2016,{{Cite news|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/berlins-neuer-senat-gesundheitssenatorin-dilek-kolat/14954880-4.html|title=Der Bürgermeister und seine neuen Senatoren|last1=Beikler|first1=Sabine|date=2016-12-09|work=Der Tagesspiegel Online|access-date=2018-05-19|last2=Vieth-Entus|first2=Susanne|language=de-DE|issn=1865-2263|last3=Heine|first3=Hannes|last4=Kühne|first4=Anja|last5=Loy|first5=Thomas|last6=Schönball|first6=Ralf|last7=Schaper|first7=Rüdiger|last8=Kneist|first8=Sigrid|last9=Keilani|first9=Fatina}} 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
=Corruption=
In 2025 she was sentenced to one and a half years for accepting free services from a company for her own wedding in exchange for awarding that same company a contract from her office.https://themunicheye.com/amp/former-berlin-senator-kalayci-corruption-sentenced-15715.html
=Corporate boards=
- Berliner Sparkasse, Member of the Advisory Board
- Vivantes, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2016–2021)[https://www.vivantes.de/unternehmen/aufsichtsrat/ Supervisory Board] Vivantes.
=Non-profit organizations=
- Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.dhzb.de/unternehmen/stiftungsratvorstand/ Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019101012/https://www.dhzb.de/unternehmen/stiftungsratvorstand/ |date=2019-10-19 }} Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin.
- German-Israeli Association (DIG), Member
- Kaiserin Friedrich-Stiftung für das ärztliche Fortbildungswesen, member of the board of trustees[https://kaiserin-friedrich-stiftung.de/kuratorium.html Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142329/https://kaiserin-friedrich-stiftung.de/kuratorium.html |date=2018-06-12 }} Kaiserin Friedrich-Stiftung für das ärztliche Fortbildungswesen.
- German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), member
- Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Member of the Board of Trustees[https://www.bz-berlin.de/artikel-archiv/gruene-schluss-mit-den-vielen-nebenjobs Grüne: Schluss mit den vielen Nebenjobs] B.Z., July 13, 2012.
Personal life
Kalayci lives in Berlin's Lichterfelde district.Hildburg Bruns (July 28, 2017), [https://www.bz-berlin.de/landespolitik/liebes-aus-bei-senatorin-dilek-kolat-und-ihrem-mann Nach 28 Jahren: Liebes-Aus bei Senatorin Dilek Kolat und ihrem Mann] B.Z.. From 1989 until 2017 she was married to Kenan Kolat, and in 2019 she married Hivzi Kalayci.{{cite news|url=https://www.berliner-woche.de/friedenau/c-leute/senatorin-heisst-jetzt-kalayci-statt-kolat_a217156 |title=Senatorin heißt jetzt Kalayci statt Kolat |first=Karen |last=Noetzel |date=5 June 2019 |work=Berliner Woche |access-date=2021-06-18 |language=de-DE}}
References
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