Samira Nawa Amini (born 30 March 1988 in
Aalborg
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) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the
Folketing for the
Social Liberal Party. She was elected into parliament at the
2019 Danish general election
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing; 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament ...
.
Background
Nawa's parents are from
Afghanistan, and fled to Denmark to escape the
war in 1986. She and her family lived in
Pakistan for a time. Nawa is married and has two children.
Education
Nawa was a student of economics at the
University of Copenhagen from 2007-2014. She graduated with a Master of Science in Economics (
Cand. Polit.) in 2014.
Political career
Nawa first ran for parliament in the
2015 Danish general election
General elections were held in the Kingdom of Denmark
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where she received 1,790 personal votes. This was not enough for a seat in parliament, although she was elected as a substitute member. She was not called upon during the
2015-2019 term though. In the 2019 election she received 4,657 votes, securing her a seat in the
Folketing.
Dst.dk
"Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019" Retrieved 6 January 2021
External links
Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)
References
Living people
1988 births
Politicians from Aalborg
21st-century Danish women politicians
Women members of the Folketing
Danish Social Liberal Party politicians
Members of the Folketing 2019–2022
Members of the Folketing 2022–2026
University of Copenhagen alumni
Danish people of Afghan descent
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