Abid Raja | |
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.jpg) Raja at the 2018 Liberal Party conference. | |
| Second Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Leader | Guri Melby |
| Preceded by | Terje Breivik |
| Minister of Culture, Sports and Equality | |
| In office 24 January 2020 – 14 October 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Trine Skei Grande |
| Succeeded by | Anette Trettebergstuen |
| Fifth Vice President of the Storting | |
| In office 7 October 2017 – 24 January 2020[1] | |
| President | Olemic Thommessen Tone W. Trøen |
| Preceded by | Line Henriette Holten |
| Succeeded by | Ingjerd Schou |
| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2013 | |
| Deputy | Solveig Schytz |
| Constituency | Akershus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1975 Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Nadia Ansar |
| Children | Maya Sara Adam |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford University of Oslo University of Southampton |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Abid Qayyum Raja[2] (born 5 November 1975) is a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal Party politician who served as Minister of Culture from 2020 to 2021.[3] He was elected to the Storting as representative for Akershus in 2013 where he served as second deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications and also is a member of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. In October 2017, Raja was elected as the vice-president of the Storting, the second time in Norway's history that a Muslim has been elected to that office.[4]
Raja has written three books, the latter of which My fault (Min skyld) won the 2021 Norwegian Bookseller's Prize and was the most sold non-fiction book in Norway in 2021 and 2022.[5][6]
- ^ "Biography: Raja, Abid Q." Stortinget.no. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Abid Raja" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ^ "Slik er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0" (in Norwegian). NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Pakistani origin politician elected vice president of Norway's parliament". The Express Tribune. October 8, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ Sidsel (2021-11-23). "Bokhandlerprisen 2021 til Abid Raja". Bokhandlerforeningen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ "Min skyld". Cappelendamm (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2021. Retrieved 2023-10-07.