Alexandra "Alice" Teodorescu (born 2 May 1984) is a Swedish legal professional with the Företagarna organisation of Swedish

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s and a commentator on social and political issues.

Early life

Teodorescu was born in

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, Romania, but came to Sweden as a child in 1989 and was raised in

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. She attended the Sture Academy, a training programme for young people run by liberal think tank

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Career

After completing her legal training, she worked as an intern in the

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office of

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and then became a communication strategist for the newspaper. She has also been an editorial writer for newspapers including ''

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'' in

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and ''

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''. In 2009, she founded a women's network called ''En plats i himlen för kvinnor som hjälper varandra'' (a place in heaven for women who help each other). Teodorescu "has made herself known as a provocative and fearless liberal debater". She has criticised gender quotas on corporate boards and advocated a policy of equality based on individualism rather than collectivism. She has also written on integration and education. In February 2014 she attracted much attention by calling in a debate on the

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channel 1 programme ''P1 Debatt'' for a clear definition of the term "racism" and questioning whether racism in Sweden was

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. She also argued that it was time for a more nuanced, less dogmatic and polarising debate on the issue. During the

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week in June and July 2014

Ali Esbati Ali Esbati ( fa, علی اثباتی; born 12 September 1976) is an Iranian-Swedish politician of the Left Party and economist, and was the chairman of Young Left from 2001 to 2004. As of today, he is a handling officer of labour market polici ...

refused to shake hands with Teodorescu after a live broadcast debate between the two, this after a discussion about racism in Sweden. After the debate both Teodorescu and Esbati received criticism for not considering each other's opinions. In a subsequent opinion piece in ''

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'', Teodorescu complained about what she saw as the lenient treatment of the

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by the press.

References

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