Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece

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Meral Hussein-Ece, Baroness Hussein-Ece , OBE (born October 10, 1953 in Islington ) is a British politician of the Liberal Democrats . She is the first woman of Turkish Cypriot origin to become a member of the UK Parliament when she was appointed Working Peer on May 28, 2010 .

life and career

Hussein-Ece was born in Islington in 1953. Her Turkish Cypriot parents, Ayshe Cuma Abdullah (mother) and the late Hasan Nihat Hussein (father), came to the UK from Cyprus in the early 1950s and lived in Islington , north London .

Ece originally studied art history and fine arts before working in local administration and training as a librarian. She then worked for the Race Equality Unit of the Islington Council and then began working as a manager at the National Health Service , where she was also chief officer for the Haringey Community Health Council . She was elected Councilor for the Labor Party of the Hackney Borough Council in Clissold Ward in 1994 and was Deputy Leader in 1995 and 1996. She was the first woman of Turkish Cypriot origin to be elected to public office in the UK .

In May 1996 there was a rift within the Hackney Council Labor group, with Ece being a member of the Manifesto Group. 17 Councilors in the Manifesto Group, including Ece, then formed the Hackney New Labor group in September 1996, which despite its name was not affiliated with the Labor Party. The group broke up and Ece joined the Liberal Democrats , in 1998 she was re-elected for Dalston Ward .

She played an important role in founding the first Turkish Women's Group and started a project for Turkish and Kurdish women against domestic violence.

In the local elections in 2002 Ece did not run for re-election in Hackney, but was elected Councilor for the Liberal Democrats for the district of Mildmay Ward at Islington Borough Council (until 2010). From 2002 to 2006 she was a Cabinet Member for Health and Social Security, Chair of the Islington Health Partnership Board and a member of the Islington Primary Care Trust Board . She was also a non-executive director of the Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust . After she was re-elected in 2006, Ece was Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee from 2007 to 2009. In November 2009, Ece was appointed Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission . In May 2008, Ece was appointed by Gender Equality Secretary Harriet Harman to join a government task force to increase the number of ethnic minority women as a UK Councilor.

Ece was awarded an OBE in the Queens New Year Honors for service to local government in 2009 . She chaired the Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2010 and was a member of the Liberal Democrats Federal Executive Committee from 2005 to 2010. She advised Nick Clegg , the leader of the Liberal Democrats, on the cohesion of communities and members of ethnic minorities.

Membership in the House of Lords

Following the announcement by the UK Cabinet Office on Friday 28 May 2010, Meral Hussein Ece was appointed Life Peeress as Baroness Hussein-Ece, of Highbury in the London Borough of Islington on June 25, 2010 . Their official introduction to the House of Lords took place on June 29, 2010 with the assistance of Rosalind Scott, Baroness Scott of Needham Market and Susan Garden . She gave her inaugural address on July 15, 2010 during a criminal justice debate.

On the website of the House of Lords, she lists municipal administration, health, equality and diversity, women, youth, community cohesion, and European and foreign affairs as topics of political interest. She mentions Cyprus and Turkey as states of interest .

  • April to June 2010: 2 days
  • Session period July 1, 2010 to September 30, 2010: 16 days
  • Session period October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010: 48 days
  • Session period January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011: 45 days
  • April 2011: 7 days (out of 7)
  • May 2011: 15 days (out of 15)
  • June 2011: 17 days (out of 17)
  • July 2011: 13 days (out of 13)
  • August 2011: 1 day (of 1)
  • September 2011: 8 days (out of 8)
  • October 2011: 18 days (out of 18)
  • November 2011: 18 days (out of 18)
  • December 2011: 13 days (out of 13)
  • January 2012: 14 days (out of 14)
  • February 2012: 13 + 2 days (out of 14)
  • March 2012: 15 + 1 days (out of 17)
  • April 2012: 5 days (out of 5)
  • May 2012: 13 days (out of 13)
  • June 2012: 11 days (out of 13)

Since joining, she has been regularly present at meeting days.

Other offices

Ece was from 1998 to 2003 a member of the executive of the London Liberal Democrats, from 2005 to 2006 the Federal Policy Committee of the Liberal Democrats . She worked from 2002 to 2006 Member of the Board ( Board ) of Islington Primary Care Trust .

Working in public

She came under fire in 2011 after using the term chav in an update on a social network .

family

She has two daughters and one son.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peerages, honors and appointments Publication on website number10.gov on May 28, 2010
  2. ↑ Baroness Meral Hussein-Ece's maiden speech publication on the Liberal Democrat Voice website ; Retrieved December 1, 2012
  3. ↑ London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 , London Research Center, 1994, p. 66
  4. ↑ Meral Hussein-Ece entry on the Operation Black Vote website ; Retrieved December 1, 2012
  5. ↑ Hackney council splits over inquiry Article in the Independent, September 13, 1996
  6. ↑ London Borough Council Elections 7 May 1998 , London Research Center, 1998, p. 63
  7. ↑ London Borough Council Elections 2 May 2002 , London Research Center, 1998, p. 99
  8. ↑ Full New Year's Honors List article on Wales Online, December 31, 2008
  9. ↑ 29 Jun 2010: Column 1651 Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of 29 June 2010
  10. ^ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website ; Retrieved December 1, 2012
  11. ↑ Chav: the vile word at the heart of fractured Britain Guardian article , May 31, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Hussein-Ece, Meral, Baroness Hussein-Ece
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Liberal Democrats
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Islington