Nooshi Dadgostar
Swedish politician (born 1985)
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Mehrnoosh "Nooshi" Dadgostar (born 20 June 1985) is a Swedish politician, a member of the Riksdag since 2014, deputy chair of the Left Party from 2018 to 2020, and the chair since 2020.[1][2]
Nooshi Dadgostar | |
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Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Leader of the Left Party | |
| Assumed office 31 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jonas Sjöstedt |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 30 September 2014 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mehrnoosh Dadgostar 20 June 1985 |
| Party | Left Party |
| Education | Stockholm University (attended) |
Early life and education
Mehrnoosh Dadgostar was born 20 June 1985 in Ängelholm, Skåne.[3][4] Her parents moved to Sweden as refugees from Iran to escape persecution in the early 1980s.[5] She grew up in Gothenburg and attended Schillerska gymnasiet.[6] She became involved in the Young Left in 1999, at age 14.[7]
Dadgostar enrolled at Stockholm University, studying law, but did not complete a degree.[8]
Political career
She served as deputy chairperson of the Young Left and a member of the municipal council of Botkyrka.[9]
She was elected to the Riksdag in 2014, and in 2018 became deputy chairperson of the Left Party.[10]
On 3 February 2020, Dadgostar announced that she would be running for leader of her party following the resignation of Jonas Sjöstedt.[11] In late September 2020, Dadgostar was officially nominated as the party's new leader,[12] and on 31 October she was elected leader of the Left Party.[1]
In mid-June 2021, she threatened to seek a vote of no-confidence in Stefan Löfven's premiership after the government announced its intention to relax rent control laws in Sweden.[13] On 15 June, she issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the government to either withdraw its plans or have the Left Party withdrawing from the governing coalition.[14] Dadgostar followed through, resulting in a chamber vote where the Riksdag voted Löfven out of power.[15]
Personal life
She has been in a relationship with Martin Westergren since 2015, with whom she has one daughter.[16]
