Education
University of Cologne. University of Marburg.
politician member of the German Bundestag
University of Cologne. University of Marburg.
She served as an Member of Parliament for Cologne II electoral district in the German Bundestag from 2002 to 2009. Lale Akgün"s Turkish family moved to Germany when she was 9. Akgün then served in the Cologne city administration in juvenile welfare services/family consultation as the deputy agency chief
Since 1997, she has headed the LzA in North Rhine-Westphalia based in Solingen.
Akgün is married with one daughter.