Nebahat Albayrak | |
|---|---|
 Albayrak in 2007 | |
| State Secretary for Justice | |
| In office 22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Preceded by | Ella Kalsbeek (2002) |
| Succeeded by | Fred Teeven as State Secretary for Security and Justice |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 2 August 2011 – 20 September 2012 | |
| In office 12 May 2010 – 12 April 2011 | |
| In office 19 May 1999 – 22 February 2007 | |
| Parliamentary group | Labour Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nebahat Albayrak 10 April 1968 Şarkışla, Turkey |
| Citizenship |
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| Political party | Labour Party |
| Alma mater | Leiden University (Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws) |
Nebahat Albayrak (born 10 April 1968) is a retired Turkish–Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. She is a corporate director at Upstream International a division of Royal Dutch Shell since 5 November 2012.
Biography
Albayrak moved to the Netherlands in 1970. In 1993, Albayrak graduated from Leiden University in international and European law. As part of her degree, she also attended lectures in Ankara at Ankara University and the Institut d'Études Françaises, and in Paris at the Institut d'Études Politiques.[1]
She worked at the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 1993 to 1998. From 1998 to 2007, she was a member of the Dutch House of Representatives.[1]
On 22 February 2007, Nebahat Albayrak was installed as State Secretary (junior minister) for Justice in the fourth Balkenende cabinet. She and Ahmed Aboutaleb are the first Muslims in a Dutch cabinet.[2] The right-wing Party for Freedom tried to prevent the installation of both Nebahat Albayrak and Ahmed Aboutaleb. The party also tried to pass a motion of no confidence in parliament directed against all parliamentarians or executive branch politicians with dual citizenship, claiming these politicians have a loyalty conflict or have the appearance of having one. Nebahat Albayrak has a Turkish and a Dutch passport. The motion was rejected by the House of Representatives, since no other party than the Party for Freedom supported it.
Claims of misuse of political power
In 2008, State Secretary Albayrak was accused of abusing her powers to reverse decisions made by the Immigration Service or the courts. Anonymous employees of the immigration department leaked confidential information to parliament member Sietse Fritsma (Party for Freedom) claiming Albayrak had reversed 3500 decisions "arbitrarily and without explanation". Albayrak has denied these allegations and stated she had only reversed 450 decisions. In comparison, her predecessor, Rita Verdonk (VVD), reversed 1150 decisions.[3][4][5][6]
Decorations
| Honours | ||||
| Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 3 December 2010 | |
References
- 1 2 "ms. N. Albayrak". justitie.nl. Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
- ↑ "Netherlands government sworn in". english.aljazeera.net. Al Jazeera. 22 February 2007. Archived from the original on 13 November 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
- ↑ "IND'ers: Albayrak misbruikt positie - archief nrc.nl". Archived from the original on 9 November 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ "Publiek denken". Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ↑ "New Dutch Muslim Cabinet minister accuses lawmaker of racially motivated political attacks". iht.com. International Herald Tribune. 7 March 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
- ↑ "Motie "dubbele nationaliteit" verworpen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 2 March 2007. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
External links
- Official
- (in Dutch) Mr. N. (Nebahat) Albayrak Parlement & Politiek
