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.

Nebahat Albayrak
Albayrak in 2007
State Secretary for Justice
In office
22 February 2007 – 23 February 2010
Prime MinisterJan Peter Balkenende
Preceded byElla Kalsbeek (2002)
Succeeded byFred 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 groupLabour Party
Personal details
Born
Nebahat Albayrak

(1968-04-10) 10 April 1968 (age 56)
Şarkışla, Turkey
Citizenship
  • Netherlands
  • Turkey
Political partyLabour Party
Alma materLeiden University
(Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws)

Biography

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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]

 
Albayrak in 2007

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.[3]

Decorations

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Honours
Ribbon bar Honour Country Date Comment
  Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands 3 December 2010

References

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  1. ^ a b "ms. N. Albayrak". justitie.nl. Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
  2. ^ "Netherlands government sworn in". english.aljazeera.net. Al Jazeera. 22 February 2007. Archived from the original on 13 November 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Motie "dubbele nationaliteit" verworpen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 2 March 2007. Archived from the original on 14 March 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2007.
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Official
Political offices
Preceded by State Secretary for Justice
2007–2010
Succeeded by
Fred Teeven
as State Secretary for
Security and Justice