Zuhal Demir is a Belgian

Belgium

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 lawyer and politician affiliated to the N-VA. Demir was elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2010.

She is the daughter of Kurdish

Kurdish people

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 parents from Turkey

Turkey

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 and lives in Ekeren

Ekeren

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 with her husband Jan Aertgeerts. She studied Law at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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 in 1998-2003, and went on in 2003-2004 with a Master in Social Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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. Since 2004, she works as a lawyer for an international law firm.