14 Facts About Cemile Giousouf

Cemile Giousouf was the first ever Muslim member of the Christian Democratic Union, serving as Member of the Bundestag for one legislative term from 2013 until 2017.

In January 2019, Giousouf was appointed Vice President of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

Cemile Giousouf was born on 5 May 1978 in Leverkusen to ethnic Turkish Gastarbeiter parents, who immigrated in the 1970s from Greece, where they had lived as a minority in Western Thrace.

At the age of two, Cemile Giousouf returned to her family in Germany.

In 2008, Cemile Giousouf was employed as consultant in the State Ministry of Generations, Family, Women and Integration of North Rhine-Westphalia under the leadership of State Minister Armin Laschet.

At the ministry, Cemile Giousouf was in charge of the "Women with Immigration History" dossier.

From 2009, Cemile Giousouf served as consultant in the Department of Integration at the Ministry of Integration and Social Welfare of the same state.

In 2008, Cemile Giousouf was elected vice chairperson of the organization's North Rhine-Westphalia branch, to which she belonged since 2004.

Cemile Giousouf was active in the CDU's several other local organizations as well as in the city administration of Aachen.

Cemile Giousouf entered CDU's federal-level organization in 2011, where she was active on integration matters.

On 30 June 2012 Cemile Giousouf was elected to the executive board of CDU state organization in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Cemile Giousouf became the first ever Muslim politician of the CDU to be elected into the Bundestag.

In parliament, Cemile Giousouf was a member of the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.

In January 2019, Cemile Giousouf was appointed Vice President of the Federal Agency for Civic Education.