Semiray Ahmedova

Semiray Ahmedova is a Bulgarian-born Luxembourgish architect and politician of The Greens. She served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2019 to 2023.

Biography

Born in 1981 in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, she became a citizen of Luxembourg in 2004. At the age of 9, she fled the communist regime of the People's Republic of Bulgaria with her parents. She attended school in Dudelange and later studied architecture and urban planning in Brussels. She went back to Luxembourg and worked in an architectural firm, later as an advisor for sustainable building at myenergy agency, before she joined the Ministry of Spatial Planning. She describes herself as a "Dudelange girl".
Ahmedova joined The Greens party in 2017. She failed to win a seat in the Dudelang municipal council in the 2017 communal elections. She stood in the 2018 general election in the South constituency but failed to win a seat, since she was in ninth position on The Greens' list and the party won three seats only. However, she later replaced resigning deputy and became the youngest deputy of Luxembourg on October 8, 2019.
Ahmedova's political work focuses on energy and environmental policy, as well as on fighting the rising housing prices in Luxembourg.