Yasemin Çegerek

Yasemin Çegerek
Çegerek in 2011.
Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands
In office 18 June 2013 – 23 March 2017
Personal details
Born	(1977-11-10) 10 November 1977 (age 39) Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Political party	Labour Party

Yasemin Çegerek (born 10 November 1977 in Apeldoorn) is a Dutch politician from Turkish descent. She was an MP for the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) between 18 June 2013 and 23 March 2017. She replaced Désirée Bonis, who left the House of Representatives on 13 June 2013. Çegerek was a member of the commissions of foreign affairs, defense, European affairs, Kingdom relations, foreign trade and development aid. Çegerek temporarily went on maternity leave and her designated replacement was Marith Rebel-Volp. However, as House of Representatives member Myrthe Hilkens left the House on 28 August 2013, Rebel-Volp permanently replaced her instead. Henk Leenders was named as the replacement for Çegerek, and was expected to serve until December 2013.

Between 2002 and 2006 Çegerek served as a municipal councillor in Enschede. And since 2007 she has been a member of the States-Provincial of Gelderland. Çegerek studied public administration at the University of Twente.

Çegerek's time in the House ended on 23 March 2017.