Kadir Kasirga

Kadir Kasirga
Kasirga in 2022
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 September 2022
ConstituencyStockholm Municipality
Member of the Riksdag
In office
24 September 2018 – 8 March 2020
ConstituencyStockholm Municipality
Personal details
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Political partySocial Democrats

Kadir Kasirga (born 1975) is a Swedish politician of Kurdish descent.[1][2] He served as Member of the Riksdag representing the constituency of Stockholm Municipality from 24 September 2018 to 8 March 2020.[3] Sultan Kayhan took his place in the Riksdag after Kasirga resigned. He became a member of the Riksdag again in 2022.[4][5] He volunteered as an OECD observer to the Turkish elections in May 2023, but he was denied entry to Turkey on grounds he had visited the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the past.[6]

  1. ^ "Kadir Kasirga profile". Sveriges riksdag (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ "5 namzedên Kurd di hilbijartinên Parlamentoya Swêdê de bi ser ketin".
  3. ^ "Kadir Kasirga (S) nytt oppositionsborgarråd". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 18 February 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Här är Sveriges nya riksdag – ledamot för ledamot". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 19 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Invalda ledamöter 2022". Riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  6. ^ "OECD denounces Turkey's rejection of election observers". Bianet. 9 May 2023.