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Tunahan Kuzu in 2021
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 20 September 2012 – 5 December 2023
Leader of DENK in the House of Representatives
In office 9 February 2015 – 21 March 2020
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Farid Azarkan
Member of the municipal council of Rotterdam
In office 22 May 2008 – 27 September 2012
Personal details
Born	(1981-06-05) 5 June 1981 (age 43) Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	DENK (2015–present)
Other political affiliations	Labour Party (2012–2014) Independent (2014–2015)
Residences	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Alma mater	Erasmus University Rotterdam

Tunahan Kuzu (born 5 June 1981) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent who served as an MP from 20 September 2012 until 5 December 2023. Initially he was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA) and on 13 November 2014 Kuzu and Selçuk Öztürk left the Labour Party and formed the Group Kuzu/Öztürk, later renamed DENK ("Think"). On 18 November 2014, he became Parliamentary group leader. In the 2017 Dutch general election, the party secured three seats in the House of Representatives. He was succeeded as party leader by Farid Azarkan in 2020.

Early life

Kuzu grew up in Maassluis and studied public administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He worked as a health care advisor for PricewaterhouseCoopers, and was also a member of the municipal council of Rotterdam from 2008 to 2012.

Electoral history