Melis Sekmen | |
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-HYP-Yerlikaya.jpg) Sekmen in 2023 | |
| Member of theBundestag forBaden-Württemberg | |
| In office 26 October 2021 – March 2025 | |
| Constituency | The Greens list (2021–2025) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1993-09-26)26 September 1993 (age 32) Mannheim, Germany |
| Political party | CDU (2024–present) |
| Other political affiliations | The Greens (2011–2024) |
Melis Sekmen (born 26 September 1993) is a German politician. She was amember of the German Bundestag from theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2021 until 2025. She previously was a member of theAlliance 90/The Greens party. She is of Turkish descent.[1]
In the Bundestag, Sekmen served on the Committee on Economic Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she has been a member of the German delegation to theFranco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2022.[2]
Elected as a Green in 2021, she resigned from her former party and its Bundestag fraction on 1 July 2024, intending to apply for membership in the CDU and the CDU/CSU (Union) parliamentary group. Sekmen said, "My idea of how and in what style politics is done has evolved."[3] Sekmen's differences of opinion with the Green Party's majority line had recently become apparent primarily in the areas of migration and the economy; for example, she had called for a "change of course" in migration and integration policy. She also cited her recognition of the Union's new basic program as a reason for the switch.[4][5] On 9 July, Sekmen was admitted to the CDU.[6] She is thus the first Green member of the Bundestag to switch to the Union parties sinceVera Lengsfeld in 1996,[7] and the third CDU member of Turkish origin afterCemile Giousouf andSerap Güler.
