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Leila Ali Elmi | |
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| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 24 September 2018 | |
| Constituency | Gothenburg Municipality |
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| Born | 16 January 1988 Ethiopia |
| Political party | Green Party |
Leila Ali Elmi (born 16 January 1988) is an Ethiopian-born Swedish politician with Somali origin. She has been a member of the Swedish Riksdag since 24 September 2018. [1] She is a member of the Green Party,which she joined in 2014. [2] [3]
She was born on 16 January 1988 in Ethiopia to a Somali family. When she was three,her family moved to Sweden. She grew up in Hjällbo ,outside Gothenburg. [4] After upper secondary school,she had jobs cleaning and delivering newspapers. She worked as an interpreter for nine years before her election to the Riksdag. [5]
She campaigned primarily on a platform of improving schools in disadvantaged areas. [6] [7]
