Abdirahim Hussein Mohamed ( so, Cabdiraxiim Xuseen Maxamed, ar, عبد الرحيم حسين محمد) (born 21 October 1978 in

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) is a

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media personality and a politician.

Biography

In 2007, Mohamed became the first immigrant to chair a political party organization in Finland when he was elected Chairman of the Helsinki Centre Youth. In June 2016, Mohamed left the Center Party, because of the budget cuts in education and development aid made by the

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. He subsequently joined the

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. In 2015 he criticized

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, claiming that Israel is systematically murdering Palestinian women, children, and the elderly. In 2017 municipal elections, Mohamed was elected to the

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. In 2019 Mohamed apologised for making up a story about removing a passenger from his taxi after allegedly suffering racist abuse, stating, "I apologise for my actions and for lying. As a decision-maker, it is my duty to be honest. I depend on my voters’ trust and I have now broken that trust. I shall do everything I can to restore trust in my actions." Mohamed is the Chairman of Moniheli, a co-operation network for multicultural organizations in the Helsinki capital region. He also has his own radio show on Finnish National Radio

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References

1978 births Living people Somalian emigrants to Finland Politicians from Helsinki Centre Party (Finland) politicians Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians {{CentrePartyFinland-politician-stub