Paula Bieler

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Paula Bieler
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Member of the Riksdag
In office
2014–2018

Paula Bieler (born 31 March 1988) is a Swedish former politician for the Sweden Democrats party. [1] [2] She became a member of the party in 2009. [3] In November 2013 Bieler became an elected member of Sweden Democrats party council. [4] In the 2014 Swedish general election, Bieler was the party's number six national candidate for the Riksdag, and was elected a member of the Riksdag. [1] Since April 2014 Bieler has also been the party's official political spokesman on gender and gay rights. [1] [2] On 11 February 2020, Bieler revealed that she was leaving the Riksdag in an interview with the Swedish tabloid Expressen. [5] Shortly afterwards the podcast Lögnarnas Tempel revealed that she has also left the Sweden Democrats. [6]

It was widely reported that a fellow SD member used an antisemitic slur against Bieler, who then was an active politician, during a party meeting. [7]

Early life

Paula Bieler was born on 31 March 1988 in Västerås, Västmanland, but grew up in Täby. [8] Both of Bieler's parents are from Poland. [9] Bieler's father was Jewish, the son of a high ranking Communist politician who had to escape Poland due to an antisemitic campaign by the government. [10]

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