Medine Sara Borita Gille formerly ''Seppälä'' (born 8 September 1981) is a Swedish politician and a member of the

Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ...

for

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party.

Biography

Gille was born in Sweden, her mother is Swedish while her father is

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, but she was mostly raised in

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. She graduated with a degree in medicine and worked as a nurse in a hospital and an assisted living facility. She has been active in politics since 2014. She has described honour violence and forced marriages as issues which inspired her to take an interest in becoming a politician, having relatives who were subjected to both and has called for both practices to be outlawed in Sweden. During the

2018 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. Regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The incumbent minority government, consisting of the Social Democrats and the Gre ...

, she was elected to the Riksdag for the seat of

Malmö Municipality Malmö Municipality ( sv, Malmö kommun), or City of Malmö (''Malmö stad''), is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County, the southernmost of the counties of Sweden (and conterminous with the historical province (''landskap'') of Scania). Whe ...

. In parliament, she has served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Education. She was reelected during the

2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who in turn elected the Prime Minister of Sweden. Under the constitution, regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The pr ...

but for the Dalarna county constituency. She took parental leave after her election and was replaced by

Rasmus Giertz Rasmus Giertz (born 3 June 1994 in Enköping) is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats party who has served as a Member of the Riksdag for the Dalarna County constituency since September 2022. Biography Giertz was elected regional leader ...

as a member of parliament. Outside of politics she lives in

Dorotea Dorotea ( Southern Sami: ''Kraapohke'') is a locality and the seat of Dorotea Municipality in Västerbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden, with 1,543 inhabitants in 2010. European route E45 and the Inland Line both pass through Dorotea. ...

with her family and cites skiing and riding snowmobiles as her main interests.

References

1981 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Sweden Democrats Swedish politicians of Kurdish descent 21st-century Swedish politicians People from Haninge Municipality People from Dorotea Municipality Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 21st-century Swedish women politicians 21st-century Kurdish people Kurdish women in politics Kurdish politicians {{Sweden-politician-stub