Seher Aydar

Seher Aydar
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
ConstituencyOslo
Personal details
Born10 September 1989
Turkey
Political partyRed Party

Seher Aydar (born, 10 September 1989, Turkey) is a Norwegian politician of Kurdish descent. She is a member of the Red Party and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) in the Parliamentary Elections of 2021.[1]

Early life and education

Aydar was born into a family from Konya,[2] where she lived until she migrated to Norway at the age of eleven.[3] In Norway she grew up in Frederikstad.[4] She has been working at a kindergarten and was politically active from an early age[5] particularly in organizations focusing on women's and Kurdish rights.[1][4]

Political career

She has taken a leading role within the Red Party,[6] before in the term between 2017 and 2021, she became a substitute member of the Norwegian Parliament for Oslo.[7] Additionally, she advised her party in the departments health and education.[6] She has been supportive of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party in Turkey[3] and also the developments of the Kurdish rights in Syria under the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.[8][9] In September 2021, she was elected to the Norwegian Parliament representing the Red party.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Two Kurds elected to Parliament for the first time in Norway". ANF News. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  2. ^ Algünerhan, Mahmut. "Norveç'te seçimler: İktidardaki sağ koalisyon oy kaybetti". Evrensel (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  3. ^ a b Møller, Av Iselin Stalheim. "Gir ikke opp ren seier i Tyrkia". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  4. ^ a b c Shakir, Leyla (14 September 2021). "Two Kurds win seats in Norwegian parliament". Rudaw. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  5. ^ Holøien, Av Marianne (2010-04-18). "Ny generalsekretær". Fredriksstad Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  6. ^ a b "Seher Aydar". roedt.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  7. ^ "Biografi: Aydar, Seher". Stortinget (in Norwegian). 2008-03-09. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  8. ^ "After Belonging Closing Weekend - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  9. ^ "New World Embassy Rojava" (PDF). Koro.no.