Amineh Kakabaveh | |
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| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 18 June 2008 – 26 September 2022 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| In office 16 February 2008 – 17 June 2008 As a substitute MP | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1970 Saqqez, Kurdistan, Iran[1][2] |
| Political party | Independent (since 2019) |
| Other political affiliations | Left Party (until 2019) Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan[3] |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University (MA) |
| Occupation | Social work |
Amineh Kakabaveh (Kurdish: ئامینە کاکەباوە, romanized: Amîne Kakebawe, Persian: اَمینه کاکاباوه; born 6 December 1970)[2] is a Swedish independent politician of Iranian Kurdish descent.[4] Having been a member of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan since her youth, she took refuge in Sweden at the age of nineteen and has become a member of the Riksdag, Sweden's parliament.
- ^ Bozarslan, Mahmut; Bila, Sibel Utku (22 February 2016). "How one Kurdish woman went from child soldier to Swedish lawmaker". Al-Monitor. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Amineh, vänsterpolitiker med en tuff bakgrund flydde kriget som 14-åring" [Amineh, Left Party politician who fled the war at age 14]. Passagen. 7 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "Laying Kalashnikov to Rest, Amineh Kakabaveh Fights On". rudaw.net. Rudaw Media Network. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Laying Kalashnikov to Rest, Amineh Kakabaveh fights on". Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.