11/25/2008 08:14:31 PM EST

A Young Turk gets elected to a prominent position in Germany

posted by Rufat

Sort of old news by now....but ..."Germany's Green Party on Saturday elected Cem Oezdemir as one of its co-leaders, the first time one of Germany's major parties has elevated a child of Turkish immigrants to such a high position."

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/a rticle/0,2144,3796158,00.ht ml

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It's a big deal for Germany and Europe in general for that matter... its' as if Obama's victory unleashed  the powerful forces....and the glass ceiling is being broken

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/a rticle/0,2144,3796158,00.ht ml

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Wait, wait, WAIT! (none / 0)
Slow it down, the Americans need some more time to gloat over how open-minded they are!

by Erik on 11/26/2008 04:07:00 AM EST

Nicolas Sarkozy & Alberto Fujimori (none / 0)
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy has a Hungarian father and his mother (French Catholic and Thessalonikan Sephardi Jewish descent) has a Greek father.

true not so exotic as Obama, but still. Also keep in mind America has had a significant African American population for a LOOOOOONG time, something that can't be said about Europe or most places for that matter

EXOTIC ALERT!!! :)
former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, has full blown Japanese parents, he even holds a dual Peruvian and Japanese citizenship

might be others, don't know at the moment

but great to hear the news from Germany, Belgium also had a woman from the Socialist Party of Moroccan descent as a Secretary (minister type of job) and a guy from Turkish descent as Secretary (also Socialist Party) in the Brussels Region

it seems Peru has the US beat :) (of course there's a reply to that, but only racists would believe that point)

by callisto on 11/26/2008 08:38:50 AM EST

A Young Turk gets elected to a prominent position in Germany | 2 comments (2 topical, 0 hidden)
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