Mahir Önder Alkaya (born 6 July 1988) is a Dutch politician who has been a

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

member of the

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since 18 January 2018. On 24 July 2023, he announced he would stand down at the

2023 Dutch general election Early general elections were held in the Netherlands on 22 November 2023 to elect the members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives. The elections had been expected to be held in 2025, but a snap election was ca ...

Education

Alkaya went to

Amsterdams Lyceum The Amsterdams Lyceum is a Dutch secondary school combining ''gymnasium (school), gymnasium'' and ''Education in the Netherlands#Vwo, atheneum''. Both school types prepare students to go to university. It was established in 1917. The Amsterdams Ly ...

, and graduated from

Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

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1988 births Living people 21st-century Dutch civil servants 21st-century Dutch engineers Delft University of Technology alumni Dutch people of Turkish descent Politicians from Amsterdam Socialist Party (Netherlands) politicians Dutch MPs 2017–2021 Dutch MPs 2021–2023 {{Netherlands-politician-stub