Aida Hadžialić (, ; born 21 January 1987) is a
Bosnian-born
Swedish
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politician and a member of the
Social Democrats. She served as
Minister for Upper Secondary School, Adult Education and Training from 3 October 2014 until her resignation on 15 August 2016.
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''Hallandsposten''. Prior to joining the government she served as deputy mayor 2010–2014 in
Halmstad
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, Halland.
Since 7 September 2019, she is the leader of the opposition in
Stockholm County
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.
She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Lund, Sweden. In 2014, she also began studies at the
Stockholm School of Economics before becoming a member of the government.
Hadžialić is an
international baccalaureate alumna, being fluent in Swedish, English and Bosnian.
She resigned from her position as a minister 13 August 2016 after a visit to
Copenhagen whereafter she drove just above the legal alcohol limit on the Swedish bridgehead of the
Øresund Bridge. The control indicated 0.2 per mille which was exactly on the limit. Hadžialić was however driving legally on the Danish side of the Øresund Bridge where the legal drinking limit is 0,5 per mille.
She has on numerous occasions been voted as one of the most talented young leaders in Sweden.
Hadžialić currently runs a consultancy firm specializing in global affairs, Nordic West Office, which she founded with
Jorma Ollila,
Risto E.J Penttilä, and
Charles C. Adams Jr. She also serves as an advisor to the BMW Foundation.
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1987 births
Living people
People from Foča
Lund University alumni
Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians
Women government ministers of Sweden
Swedish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Sweden
Swedish Ministers for Education
21st-century Swedish women politicians
21st-century Swedish lawyers