Nalin Pekgul
Nalin Pekgul | |
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 Pekgul in 2007 | |
| Born | 30 April 1967 Batman,Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish, Swedish |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Known for | Former member of the Swedish parliament |
| Spouse | Cheko Pekgul |
Nalin Pekgul(néeBaksi,born 30 April 1967) is a SwedishSocial Democraticpolitician, nurse and former parliamentarian. She was the first Muslim woman to sit in the Swedish Parliament.
Life
[edit]Pekgul was born inBatman,Turkey, but migrated to Sweden with her family in 1980 when she was 13. She is the sister of theKurdish nationalistand anti-racism activistKurdo Baksiand niece of the author Mahmut Baksi. Pekgul trained as a nurse, a profession in which she worked both before and after her election as a politician.[1]
Political activities
[edit]In 1982, Pekgul joined theSwedish Social Democratic Youth Leaguein Tensta, a suburb of Stockholm.
Between 1994 and 2002, Pekgul was a member of theSwedish parliament.She was chairwoman ofSocial Democratic Women in Sweden(Swedish:Sveriges socialdemokratiska kvinnoförbund) 2003–2011.[2]Aftonbladetnoted that Pekgul was the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Swedish parliament.[3]
Pekgul has supported a progressive form of Islam and ideas ofIslamic feminism.[2]She supports theSwedish monarchyand has argued that the Social Democrats should remove calls for a republic from their party programme.[4]
After an absence from Swedish politics of seven years, Pekgul announced in 2018 that she would make a political comeback to campaign against religious extremism and honour culture.[5][6]She campaigned in Gothenburg withAnn-Sofie Hermansson,chairman of the municipal council. She told Aftonbladet that it is the fight against theSweden Democratsthat engages her.[3]The Social Democrats have been criticised for not raising issues of honour violence for fear of losing votes.[6]
References
[edit]- ^Russell, Jesse (13 July 2012).Nalin Pekgul.p. 34.ISBN978-5512346129.
- ^ab""Jag utmanar starka krafter"".dagenssamhalle.se(in Swedish).Retrieved2017-04-02.
- ^ab"Nalin Pekgul gör politisk comeback".Aftonbladet(in Swedish). 27 June 2018.Retrieved2019-03-28.
- ^SvenskPolitik1 (2013-07-31),Ekots lördagsintervju 2006 - Nalin Pekgul (S),archivedfrom the original on 2021-12-19,retrieved2019-03-25
{{citation}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^Joelsson, Filip."Nalin Pekgul gör politisk comeback – ska bekämpa extremism".Metro(in Swedish). Archived fromthe originalon 2019-03-25.Retrieved2019-03-25.
- ^ab"Avgående S-profilen tog kamp mot extremism".varldenidag.se(in Swedish).Retrieved2019-03-28.
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