What is Tunahan Kuzu?
[[File:Kuzu2021.jpg|frameless|right]] '''Tunahan Kuzu''' (born 1 June 1981 in [[Istanbul]]) is a Dutch politician of the [[DENK]] party. He was political leader from 2015 to 2020 (succeeded by [[Farid Azarkan]]). He has been a member of the [[Second Chamber (Netherlands)|Second Chamber]] since 2012 and was also parliamentary group leader from 2014 to 2020. Previously he was a [[councillor]] of the municipality of [[Rotterdam]]. Kuzu was a member of the [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Labour Party]] but left the party in 2014, together with fellow parliamentarian [[Selçuk Öztürk]]. Both founded the political party of DENK in 2015. By creating this party they wanted to support the interests of non-Western citizens. He studied [[public administration]] at [[Erasmus University Rotterdam]] and worked as a [[health care]] specialist at the [[consultant|consulting firm]] of [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]]. He is a [[Muslim]] and of [[Turkey|Turkish]] descent. == References == * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.parlement.com/9353000/1/j9vvhy5i95k8zxl/vj0kbh64f5xu Bio at Parlement.com] {{Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands, 2021–present}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuzu, Tunahan}} [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Dutch councillors]] [[Category:Dutch Muslims]] [[Category:Leaders of political parties in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Independent politicians in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Labour Party (Netherlands) politicians]] [[Category:Members of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands]]