Funda Oru | |
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| Member of theChamber of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 9 June 2024 | |
| Constituency | Limburg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (age 40) Heusden-Zolder, Belgium |
| Party | Vooruit |
| Alma mater | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Funda Oru (born 10 July 1985) is aBelgian politician and member of theChamber of Representatives.[1] A member ofVooruit, she has representedLimburg since June 2024.
Oru was born on 10 July 1985 inHeusden-Zolder and is ofTurkish origin.[1][2] She studiedpolitical sciences atVrije Universiteit Brussel (2003–2007).[2][3] She worked at theSocialist Party Different (SP.A)'s research department inLimburg.[2][3] She became an advisor at the federal Ministry of Development Cooperation and Urban Policy in 2022.[2]
Oru was elected to the municipal council in Heusden-Zolder at the2012 local election.[4] She becameSchepen (alderman) for youth, playgrounds, seniors, personnel and poverty reduction in 2014.[5] She was re-elected at the2018 local election.[6] She contested the2014 regional election as the SP.A's 13th placed substitute candidate inLimburg and received 6,725preference votes.[7] She contested the2019 federal election as the SP.A's fifth placed candidate inLimburg but the party won only two seats in the constituency.[8] Oru became vice-chair ofVooruit in 2019.[2][3] She was elected to theChamber of Representatives at the2024 federal election.[9]
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Result | |
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| 2012 local[4] | Heusden-Zolder | Socialist Party Different | 717 | Elected | |
| 2018 local[6] | Heusden-Zolder | Socialist Party Different | 937 | Elected | |
| 2019 federal[8] | Limburg | Socialist Party Different | 9,379 | Not elected | |
| 2024 federal[9] | Limburg | Vooruit | 14,334 | Elected | |
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| Former partyformation | ||
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| Belgiansocialist pillar |
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