Sultan Nour

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Sultan Noor
スルタン・ヌール
Personal details
BornSultan Noor, سلطان نور
(1971-08-20) August 20, 1971 (age 54)
Aleppo, Syria
Nationality Syria (formerly)
 Egypt (formerly)
 Japan
Alma materAlexandria University

Sultan Nour (Japanese: スルタン・ヌール; born 20 August 1971[1]) is a Syrian-Japanese politician.[2]

He is the first Arab Muslim local member of the assembly in Japan.[3][4]

Personal life

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Sultan Nour was born in Aleppo, Syria.[5] He started learning karate at 4 years old and started to gain interest in Japan. At 12, he moved to Egypt. He graduated from a sports university, and became a national public officer in Egypt.[6]

In 2001, he moved to Japan and in 2013, he became a Japanese citizen.[6]

He married a Syrian woman in 2016, then moved to Shōnai, Yamagata. He has a son, Yashin (Japanese: 矢進) and a daughter, Sana (Japanese: 彩菜).[5] He got elected town council member of Shōnai on 18 July 2021.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "町議会議員一覧". www.town.shonai.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  2. ^ "庄内町長選 外国出身の候補者スルタン氏に密着 | YTS山形テレビ". YTS山形テレビ (in Japanese). 2025-07-22. Archived from the original on 2025-07-23. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  3. ^ "アラブ系イスラム教徒で初 日本の町議会議員に". Arab News (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  4. ^ 産経新聞 (2025-07-20). "シリア出身の元町議敗れる　山形・庄内町長選、2013年に帰化したスルタン・ヌール氏". 産経新聞：産経ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-08-04. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  5. ^ a b "やまがたニュースオンライン". やまがたニュースオンライン. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  6. ^ a b 日本放送協会. "シリア出身エジプト育ち 地方議員の奮闘記". NHK政治マガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  7. ^ "First Arab Muslim Japanese wins local assembly seat in Japan". Arab News Japan. Retrieved 2025-10-27.