BRUSSELS,— Zuhal Demir, a Belgian lawyer and politician of Kurdish origin, was elected the Secretary of State for Poverty Reduction, Equal Opportunities, People with Disabilities, Urban Policy and Scientific Policy of Belgium.

Demir was born to a Kurdish family from Turkey in 1980 in the city of Genk in Belgium. She served as the mayor of Antwerp district from January 2013 until the end of 2015.

She is affiliated to the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), a Flemish nationalist party. Demir was also elected as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives in 2010.

Dilawar Azhgay, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) envoy to the European Union (EU), stated the Flemish party to which Demir belongs is friend of Kurds and its founder has also visited Kurdistan Region.

He added that N-AV, the largest Belgian party, decided recently to take in a number of Peshmerga wounded troops for medical treatment in Belgium.

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