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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]

Career

2020–present: Left Party leadership

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, Dadgostar was officially nominated as the party's new leader,[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] Dadgostar followed through by pulling the Left Party out from their passive support, resulting in a chamber vote where the Riksdag voted Löfven out of power.[7]

Personal life

Her parents moved to Sweden as refugees from Iran to escape persecution in the early 1980s. She grew up in Gothenburg.[8] She enrolled at Stockholm University, studying law, but did not complete a degree.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Horvatovic, Iva (3 February 2020). "Dadgostar vill leda Vänsterpartiet" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ^ Dadgostar officially nominated to lead Left Party Sveriges Radio Retrieved 11 October 2020
  5. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Prime Minister to face no confidence vote over clash on rental reforms - Radio Sweden". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Nooshi Dadgostars (V) ultimatum till Löfven: 48 timmar på sig att svara". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Löfven föll". Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ Ekström, Anna (3 February 2020). "Dadgostar vill ta över efter Sjöstedt". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Nooshi Dadgostar (V): Jag växte upp i ett hem helt utan pengar". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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Preceded by Leader of the Left Party
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