Nooshi Dadgostar
Mehrnoosh "Nooshi" Dadgostar (born 20 June 1985) is a Swedish politician, a member of the Swedish parliament since 2014, deputy chairman of the Swedish Left Party from 2018 to 2020, and the chairman since 2020.[1][2] On 3 February 2020, Dadgostar announced that she would be running for leader of her party following the resignation of Jonas Sjöstedt.[3] In late September 2020 she was officially nominated as the party's new leader[4] and on 31 October, Dadgostar was elected leader of the Left Party.[1]
Nooshi Dadgostar | |
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.jpg.webp) Nooshi Dadgostar in May 2018 | |
| Chairman of the Left Party | |
| Assumed office 31 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jonas Sjöstedt |
| Deputy Leader of the Left Party | |
| In office 2018–2020 | |
| Chairman | Jonas Sjöstedt |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2014 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1985 Ängelholm, Skåne, Sweden |
| Political party | Left Party |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University |
Her parents moved to Sweden from Iran to escape persecution in the early 1980s. She grew up in Hisingen.[5]
References
- Schau, Oscar (31 October 2020). "Nooshi Dadgostar ny partiledare för Vänsterpartiet" [Nooshi Dadgostar new leader of the Left Party] (in Swedish). SVT. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- Fixsen, Rachel. "Swedish politicians call for cross-party pensions to be scrapped". IPE. Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- Horvatovic, Iva (3 February 2020). "Dadgostar vill leda Vänsterpartiet" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- Dadgostar officially nominated to lead Left Party Sveriges Radio Retrieved 11 October 2020
- Ekström, Anna (3 February 2020). "Dadgostar vill ta över efter Sjöstedt". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
External links
Media related to Nooshi Dadgostar at Wikimedia Commons
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jonas Sjöstedt |
Chairman of the Left Party 2020–present |
Incumbent |
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