Dilek Kolat

Dilek Kolat (née Demirel, born 7 February 1967) is a Turkish-German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She has been serving as State Minister for Health, Care and Equality in the government of Mayor Michael Müller since 8 December 2016. Prior to this she was Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin and State Minister for Labour, Integration and Women.

Dilek Kolat
Senator for Health, Care and Equality of Berlin
Assumed office
8 December 2016
Governing MayorMichael Müller
Preceded byMario Czaja
Deputy Governing Mayor of Berlin
In office
11 December 2014 – 8 December 2016
Serving with Frank Henkel
Governing MayorMichael Müller
Preceded byMichael Müller
Succeeded byRamona Pop
Senator for Labour, Integration and Women of Berlin
In office
24 November 2011 – 8 December 2016
Governing MayorKlaus Wowereit
Michael Müller
Preceded byCarola Bluhm
Succeeded byElke Breitenbach
Member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin
for Tempelhof-Schöneberg 3
Assumed office
21 October 2001
Preceded byDieter Nippert
Personal details
Born (1967-02-07) 7 February 1967
Kelkit, Turkey
Political partySocial Democratic Party.
Alma materTechnical University of Berlin

Early life and education

Kolat has lived in Germany since was three years old.[1]

Kolat studied Mathematical economics at the Technical University of Berlin, after that she worked at the Deutsche Kreditbank.[2]

Political career

From 1995 until 1999, Kolat was a member of the borough council of Schöneberg and the deputy leader of the SPD group in the council.

In the 2001 state elections, Kolat won the Tempelhof-Schöneberg 3 constituency with 39.6% of the vote. She was able to defend her constituency in all subsequent elections. Between 2006 and 2011, Kolat was the deputy leader of the SPD group in the Berlin Abgeordenetenhaus.

In November 2011 Berlin's Governing Mayor, Klaus Wowereit appointed Kolat State Minister for Labour, Integration and Women,[3] a post she held until 2016. After Wowereit's resignation in 2014 and Michael Müller's election as Governing Mayor she succeeded him as Deputy Governing Mayor in December 2014.[4]

After the 2016 state elections, Kolat become State Minister for Health, Care and Equality in December 2016,[5] she was not reappointed Deputy Governing Mayor, being succeeded by the Green Party politician Ramona Pop.

As one of the state’s representatives at the Bundesrat since 2011, Kolat is a member of the Committee on Health. She is also a member of the German-Russian Friendship Group set up by the Bundesrat and the Russian Federation Council.

Other activities

Corporate boards
  • Berliner Sparkasse, Member of the Advisory Board
  • Vivantes, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board[6]

Non-profit organizations

Personal life

Kolat lives in Berlin's Lichterfelde district.[9] From 1989 until 2017 she was married to Kenan Kolat.

References
  1. "Zu meiner Person - Dilek Kolat". www.dilek-kolat.com (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  2. "Dilek Kolat (SPD)". www.berlin.de (in German). 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  3. ONLINE, RP. "Berliner SPD vergibt ihre Senatoren-Posten". rp-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  4. Zawatka-Gerlach, Ulrich (2014-11-21). "Müllers neue und alte Leute". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  5. Beikler, Sabine; Vieth-Entus, Susanne; Heine, Hannes; Kühne, Anja; Loy, Thomas; Schönball, Ralf; Schaper, Rüdiger; Kneist, Sigrid; Keilani, Fatina (2016-12-09). "Der Bürgermeister und seine neuen Senatoren". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  6. Supervisory Board Vivantes.
  7. Board of Trustees Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin.
  8. Board of Trustees Kaiserin Friedrich-Stiftung für das ärztliche Fortbildungswesen.
  9. Hildburg Bruns (July 28, 2017), Nach 28 Jahren: Liebes-Aus bei Senatorin Dilek Kolat und ihrem Mann B.Z..
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