Vural Öger

{{short description|Turkish-German businessman and politician (born 1942)}}

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Vural Öger (born 1 February 1942) is a Turkish-German businessman and politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2009. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group.

Life

Born in Ankara, Öger is of Turkish descent,{{citation|title=Vural Öger: Unternehmer|url=https://www.vox.de/themen/personen/vural-oeger-t8230.html|publisher=VOX|access-date=3 April 2021|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413131935/https://www.vox.de/themen/personen/vural-oeger-t8230.html|url-status=live}} but has spent most of his life in Germany. During his time in Parliament, he served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism, a member of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula.