Nyamko Sabuni
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Nyamko Ana Sabuni (born 31 March 1969) is a Swedish politician who has served as the Liberal leader since June 2019.
She served as Minister of Integration from 2006 to 2010 and as Minister for Gender Equality from 2006 to 2013.
Sabuni, a Liberal Party member, was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2002.
Sabuni made history in June 2019 by becoming Sweden's first party leader and the first party leader with a refugee origin.
Personal life
Nyamko Sabuni was born in Bujumbura, where her father, a left-wing politician from Zaire, lived in exile. Sabuni's father is a Christian, while her mother is a Muslim. In 1981, the family obtained political asylum in Sweden, and Sabuni grew up in Kungsängen, north of Stockholm. She studied law at Uppsala University, migration policy at Mälardalen University College in Eskilstuna, and media relations at Stockholm's Berghs School of Communication.
Joel and Michee, two children from that marriage, were married from 2004 to 2012. She has referred to herself as non-religious.
Political career
Sabuni served as a member of the Liberal Youth of Sweden from 1996 to 1998. As one of the reasons she became interested in politics, she cites the assassination of Ivorian refugees Gerard Gbeyo in the town of Klippan in 1995.
She took a public decision to withdraw funds for Centrum mot rasism, where her uncle, Mkyabela Sabuni, was a director, shortly after she was elected into office.
Sabuni, a Swedish newspaper Expressen, ordered mandatory gynecological examinations of all schoolgirls in order to avoid genital mutilation. She has suggested a ban on hijab for girls under the age of 15, as well as the inclusion of honor killings as an autonomous class within the Swedish criminal code. Her book Flickorna Vi sviker ("The Girls We Let Down"), about women in Sweden who are still vulnerable to honor abuse, was released in July 2006.
According to Sabuni, practicing Muslims who follow the Qur'an "limit their own opportunities." According to her, Muslims are marginalized by activities such as praying five times a day or questioning music.
Sabuni's appointment as the new Minister of Integration and Gender Equality came as the new Swedish coalition government emerged from the election on October 6, 2006. She is the first person of African descent to be elected Minister in Sweden's government.
Some Swedish Muslims, who accused Sabuni of Islamophobia and misogyny, protested Sabuni's appointment as Minister for Integration and Gender Equality. The Muslim Association of Sweden, Sweden's largest group representing Muslims, has signed a petition opposing her appointment.
She resigned on January 21, 2013, citing that her replacement should be able to run ahead of the 2014 general election.
In June 2019, Sabuni was elected Liberal Party leader.
Sabuni resigned as the party's leader on April 8th, 2022, following a scandal resulting from her statement that if Sweden were ever invaded, she would flee Sweden for Norway. Johan Pehrson had her replacement on the same day she had been recalled.
Sabuni has introduced medical marijuana to the United States.