Cansel Kiziltepe (born 8 October 1975) is a German economist and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as State Minister (Senator) for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination in the government of Governing Mayor Kai Wegner since 2023.
[2] Of ethnic Turkish origin,[3][4][5] Kiziltepe studied economics at Technische Universität Berlin.
She subsequently worked as economist on the staff of board member Horst Neumann at Volkswagen from 2012 until 2013.
[6] From 2013 to 2021, she was a member of the Finance Committee; in this capacity, she served as her parliamentary group's rapporteur on plans to introduce a financial transaction tax.
[10] Following the 2023 Berlin state election, Kiziltepe was appointed State Minister (Senator) for Labour, Social Affairs, Equality, Integration, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination in the government of Governing Mayor Kai Wegner.