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Azize Tank

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Azize Tank
Tank in 2014
Member of the Bundestag
In office
October 22, 2013  October 24, 2017
Personal details
Born (1950-01-01) January 1, 1950 (age 76)
PartyThe Left
Children2
Websitewww.azize-tank.de

Azize Tank (Turkish pronunciation: [aˈzize] ah-ZEE-zeh; born January 1, 1950)[1] is a Turkish-born German politician who served as an Immigration Officer for Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, and as a member of the Bundestag for Berlin representing The Left.

Biography

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After her school education, Tank worked as a civil servant in postal administration in Istanbul. She has lived in Germany since 1972. For a year she worked in a porcelain factory in Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. She then completed additional training as a social worker in Berlin, with her main focus being to work with children and young adults with a migration background, until she worked from 1990 to 2009 as Immigration Officer for Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

She is married to lawyer Hans-Eberhard Schultz [de] and has two adult daughters.

Tank with her husband Hans-Eberhard Schultz
Tank with her husband Hans-Eberhard Schultz

References

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  1. "Deutscher Bundestag - Tank, Azize". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-21.
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