Fatim Diarra

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Fatim Diarra
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Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Helsinki
Assumed office
5 April 2023
Personal details
Born1986 (age 3738)
Vantaa, Finland
Political party Green League
Website https://www.fatimdiarra.fi/

Fatim Winshett El Habib Diarra [1] (born 1986 [2] ) is a Finnish politician.

Biography

She was elected to the Parliament of Finland from the Helsinki constituency in the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election. [3] She has been a city councilor in Helsinki since 2017, and was elected Chair of the City Council of Helsinki in June 2021. [4] She served as a deputy chairperson of her party Green League from 2019 to 2021. [5]

Diarra chairs Naisasialiitto Unioni, the oldest feminist organization in Finland, and in June 2021 she was elected to the Board of Administration of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL). [6]

She is active also in the Black Lives Matter movement and for body positivity. [7] In the past, Fatim Diarra was active in the scout movement. [8]

Diarra was born to a Finnish mother and Malian father. [9]

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  6. NYTKIS ry (9 June 2021). "Fatim Diarra and Silla Kakkola elected to the Board of European Women's Lobby". NYTKIS .
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  8. "Fatim Diarra: An Activism Journey Rooted in Scouting". www.scout.org. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
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