Attiya Gamri (born 1972,[1] Syriac: ܥܜܝܐ ܓܡܪܝ) is a Dutch-Assyrian member of the province council of Overijssel in The Netherlands. Gamri is originally from Arbo in Tur Abdin, Turkey.
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In 2017 Gamri was the president of the Assyrian Confederation of Europe, a non-governmental organization that represents Assyrians living in the European Union.[2]
In 2021 she became the first woman of Assyrian heritage to contest a national election in Europe.[3]
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edit- ^ "Attiya Gamri | Kandidaat #26 | PvdA 2021". PvdA (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Assyrian Umbrella Organization Granted NGO Status in EU" (Press release). AINA News. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Wissink, Rob (21 February 2021). "Kandidaat-kamerlid Attiya Gamri uit Oldenzaal hoopt stiekem op voorkeursstemmen: 'De hoogste Twentse op de lijst van de PvdA'". AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 May 2021.\