Nooshi Dadgostar

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Nooshi Dadgostar
Leader of the Left Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
31 October 2020
Preceded byJonas Sjöstedt
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 September 2014
ConstituencyStockholm County
Personal details
Born
Mehrnoosh Dadgostar

(1985-06-20) 20 June 1985 (age 40)
Ängelholm, Sweden
Political partyLeft Party
EducationStockholm University (did not finish)

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]

Early life and education

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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. She grew up in Gothenburg and attended Schillerska gymnasiet.[5] She became involved in the Young Left in 1999, at age 14.[6]

Dadgostar enrolled at Stockholm University, studying law, but did not complete a degree.[7]

Political career

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She served as deputy chairperson of the Young Left and a member of the municipal council of Botkyrka.[8]

She was elected to the Riksdag in 2014, and in 2018 became deputy chairperson of the Left Party.[9]

On 3 February 2020, Dadgostar announced that she would be running for leader of her party following the resignation of Jonas Sjöstedt.[10] In late September 2020, Dadgostar was officially nominated as the party's new leader,[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] Dadgostar followed through, resulting in a chamber vote where the Riksdag voted Löfven out of power.[14]

Personal life

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She has been in relationship with Martin Westergren since 2015, with whom she has one daughter.[15]

References

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  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. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. 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. ^ "Fakta: Nooshi Dadgostar (V)" [Facts: Nooshi Dadgostar (Left Party)]. Göteborgs-Posten. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2025 – via PressReader. Name: Mehrnoosh "Nooshi" Dadgostar
  4. ^ "Det här är jag: Nooshi Dadgostar" [This is me: Nooshi Dadgostar]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 12 September 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2025 – via PressReader.
  5. ^ Ekström, Anna (3 February 2020). "Dadgostar vill ta över efter Sjöstedt". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  6. ^ Thurfjell, Karin (8 February 2020). "V-toppar Ulla Andersson backar upp Nooshi Dadgostar" [Top Left Party member Ulla Andersson backs Nooshi Dadgostar]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish) – via PressReader. Nooshi Dadgostar engagerade sig i Ung Vänster som 14-åring år 1999 [Nooshi Dadgostar became involved in Young Left as a 14-year-old in 1999]
  7. ^ "Nooshi Dadgostar (V): Jag växte upp i ett hem helt utan pengar". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. ^ Majlard, Jan; Thurfjell, Karin (22 June 2021). "Doldisen som sänkte Löfven – "hon äter sossar till frukost"" [The secret that brought down Löfven – "she eats social democrats for breakfast"]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish) – via PressReader. Dadgostar blev vice ordförande i Ung Vänster och ledamot i kommunfullmäktige i Botkyrka. [Dadgostar became vice chairman of the Young Left and a member of the municipal council in Botkyrka.]
  9. ^ Runblom, Karin (16 January 2020). "Dadgostar nämns som Sjöstedts efterträdare" [Dadgostar is named as Sjöstedt's successor]. Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 May 2025.
  10. ^ Horvatovic, Iva (3 February 2020). "Dadgostar vill leda Vänsterpartiet" [Dadgostar wants to lead the Left Party]. Sveriges Television (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  11. ^ Radio, Sveriges (28 September 2020). "Dadgostar officially nominated to lead Left Party - Radio Sweden". Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  12. ^ Russell, Dave; Christodoulou, Loukas (17 June 2021). "Prime Minister to face no confidence vote over clash on rental reforms - Radio Sweden". Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  13. ^ Sjögren, Anna; Svensson, Olof (15 June 2021). "Nooshi Dadgostars (V) ultimatum till Löfven: 48 timmar på sig att svara" [Nooshi Dadgostar's (Left Party) ultimatum to Löfven: 48 hours to respond]. Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  14. ^ Nilsson, Erik; Strömberg, Maggie; Thurfjell, Karin; Törnquist, Hanna; Kudo, Per (21 June 2021). "Löfven föll – "förhandlar inte genom media"" [Löfven defeated – "does not negotiate through the media"]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). ISSN 1101-2412. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  15. ^ von Koch, Anna (31 August 2022). "Nooshi Dadgostars okända familjeliv – så träffade hon sin kärlek Martin" [Nooshi Dadgostar's unknown family life – how she met her love Martin]. Svensk Damtidning (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
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