Feleknas Uca is a member of the European Parliament for the left German Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). She is the world's only Yezidi parliamentarian.
Feleknas Uca was born on 17 September, 1976, in Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany of Turkish-Kurd parents. She graduated from Comprehensive School in Celle before taking an apprenticeship as a doctor's assistant, and completed her Abitur by distance learning.
In 1999, aged 22, she was elected to the European Parliament from the sixth and last successful place on the PDS national list. In the 5th European Parliament (1999-2004), she sat on the Parliament's committees on Culture, Education and the Media and Equal Opportunities. She maintained close links with far left groups in Turkey and, in particular, Kurdish nationalist groups. She was a member of the EU-Turkey joint parliamentary committee, and was an outspoken supporter of jailed Turkish-Kurd politician Leyla Zana.
In the PDS' selection of candidates for elections to the 6th European Parliament (2004-2009), Uca slipped to seventh place on the PDS national list, putting her seat under severe pressure. However, in the elections, the PDS secured a slightly increased share of the vote and she was returned, again in the last successful place.
Feleknas Uca is unmarried and lives in Celle.
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