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Halime Oguz
Halime Oguz, 2018
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 June 2019
Constituency	Copenhagen
Personal details
Born	(1970-06-15) 15 June 1970 (age 54) Tavsancali, Turkey
Political party	Socialist People's Party

Halime Oguz (born 15 June 1970 in Tavsancali, Turkey) is a Turkish-Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party. She was elected into parliament at the 2019 Danish general election.

Life

Oguz was born on 15 June 1970 in the Kurdish village Tavsancali in Turkey. Her father moved to Denmark as a guest worker. When Oguz was six years old she joined him in Vollsmose, Odense along with her mother and three brothers. Her parents arranged for her to get engaged to a man from their home village who lived in Switzerland. After a two-year-long long-distance relationship via letters, she broke off the engagement. Shortly after this, Oguz' parents pressured her to marry a different man at the age of 17. With her husband, she lived a life guided by Islam. Unhappy in her marriage, she turned to education, first getting her high school diploma and then studying literature at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. During her time at university, her mental health declined to the point where she was referred to a psychiatrist. Eventually her relationship.

While she still considers herself a Muslim, she is not a practitioner.

Political career

Oguz was elected into parliament at the 2019 election, where she received 1,278 personal votes.

References

1. "Halime Oguz (SF)". Ft.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
2. ^ Pedersen, Evander (31 October 2018). "Halime Oguz: Jeg er muslim – men mange muslimers opførsel gør det svært at sige højt". Religion.dk (in Danish). Kristeligt Dagblad. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
3. "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019". Dst.dk. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

External links

• Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

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