List of foreign politicians of Iranian origin

This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside Iran who are of Iranian origin.

Canada

• Ali Ehsassi – Member of the House of Commons of Canada
• Goldie Ghamari – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Majid Jowhari – Member of the House of Commons
• Amir Khadir – Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
• Reza Moridi – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Michael Parsa – Associate Minister of Housing of Ontario

France

• Pouria Amirshahi - Member of the National Assembly

Germany

• Bijan Djir-Sarai - Member of the Bundestag
• Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg - Mayor of Frankfurt
• Yasmin Fahimi - Member of the Bundestag
• Parsa Marvi - Member of the Bundestag
• Niema Movassat - Member of the Bundestag
• Michaela Noll - Member of the Bundestag
• Omid Nouripour - Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
• Sahra Wagenknecht - Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag (2015-2017) and of Die Linke in the Bundestag (2015-2019)

Israel

• Eliezer Avtabi - Member of the Knesset
• Michael Ben-Ari - Member of the Knesset
• Moshe Katsav - President of Israel (2000-2007) ^[1]
• Shaul Mofaz - Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1998-2002), Defence Minister (2002-2006) and Deputy Prime Minister (2006-2009, 2012)

Netherlands

• Ulysse Ellian – Member of the House of Representatives
• Farah Karimi – Member of the House of Representatives

New Zealand

• Golriz Ghahraman – Member of the New Zealand Parliament

Norway

• Masud Gharahkhani – President of the Storting
• Mazyar Keshvari – Member of the Storting

Sweden

• Alireza Akhondi – Member of the Riksdag
• Minoo Akhtarzand – Governor of Jönköping County (2010-2016) and Governor of Västmanland County (2016-present)
• Hanif Bali – Member of the Riksdag
• Nooshi Dadgostar – Leader of the Left Party
• Ali Esbati – Member of the Riksdag
• Shadieh Heydari – Member of the Riksdag
• Reza Khelili Dylami – Member of the Riksdag
• Parisa Liljestrand – Minister of Culture (2022–present)
• Romina Pourmokhtari – Minister for the Environment (2022–present)
• Daniel Riazat – Member of the Riksdag
• Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson – Member of the Riksdag
• Ardalan Shekarabi – Minister for Public Administration (2014-2019) and Minister for Social Security (2019-2022)
• Maryam Yazdanfar – Member of the Riksdag

United Kingdom

• Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar - Member of the House of Lords ^[2]
• David Alliance, Baron Alliance - Member of the House of Lords
• Seema Kennedy - Conservative MP and Parliamentary Undersecretary ^[3]
• Ali Milani - Member of Labour Party

United States

US Congress

• Yassamin Ansari – Representative from Arizona
• Stephanie Bice – Representative from Oklahoma

State and territory levels

• Raumesh Akbari – Member of the Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives
• Dalya Attar – Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
• Jimmy Delshad – Mayor of Beverly Hills, California (2007-2008, 2010-2011)
• Anna Eskamani – Member of the Florida House of Representatives
• Darya Farivar – Member of the Washington House of Representatives
• Rey Garofano – Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
• Haraz Ghanbari – Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Cyrus Habib – Lieutenant Governor of Washington (2017-2021)
• Anna Kaplan – Member of the New York Senate
• Zahra Karinshak – Member of the Georgia Senate
• Ross Mirkarimi – Sheriff of San Francisco (2012, 2012-2016)
• Adrin Nazarian – Member of the California State Assembly
• Bob Yousefian – Mayor of Glendale, California (2004-2005)

See also

• List of heads of state and government of Indian origin
• List of foreign politicians of Chinese origin
• List of foreign politicians of Korean origin
• List of foreign politicians of Indian origin
• List of foreign politicians of Japanese origin
• List of foreign politicians of Vietnamese origin

References

1. "Timeline: Immigrant, president, rapist". The Jerusalem Post. December 31, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
2. "Haleh Afshar, Who Fought for Rights of Muslim Women, Dies at 77". New York Times. June 24, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
3. "Fleeing oppression taught me so much". Lancashire Telegraph. July 14, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2022.