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'Cem Özdemir' (born 21 December 1965 in Bad Urach) is a German politician of Turkish descent, and a Member of the European Parliament for Alliance '90/The Greens, part of the European Greens. Cem Özdemir was voted the best dressed German politician for the year 2005.
Özdemir has been a member of the German Green Party since 1981. From 1989 to 1994, he was a member of the Party's regional council for the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. He was elected to the Bundestag in 1994. From 1998 until 2002, Özdemir was the Green Party's Parliamentary Spokesman on Domestic Affairs and chairman of the German-Turkish Parliamentary Group. He is married to German-Argentine journalist Pia Castro. Özdemir has written 2 books - "Currywurst und Döner – Integration in Deutschland" and an autobiography - "Ich bin Inländer".

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★ Turks in Germany

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★ Cem Özdemir official website

★ BBC Languages profile of Cem Özdemir