Meyrem Almaci (Sint-Niklaas, 25 February 1976) is a Belgian politician from Flanders and member of the ecological party Groen.
Almaci was born to a Turkish immigrant family hailing from Kozluçay [tr] in Yalvaç, Isparta Province.
She was a member of the World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace and was concerned about the lack of a sustainable economy.
On 6 July 2010, she took the oath of office for the second time as a member of the Chamber of Representatives for the Ecolo-Groen faction.
With 25,100 preferential votes[3] she also helped Kristof Calvo get elected to a second seat for Groen in the Antwerp constituency.
In 2014, she received 44,150 preferential votes as party leader in the elections, which allowed her to extend her mandate in the House.
She competed against Elke Van den Brandt, at the time an MP in the Brussels Regional Parliament.
[13] In September 2019, it was announced that Almaci was running for a second term as party chairwoman, this time with Dany Neudt [nl] as candidate vice chair.
For example, there was some dissatisfaction about the fact that then caucus leader Kristof Calvo was passed over as minister when the new Belgian federal government was formed in October 2020.