| Seher Aydar | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Constituency | Oslo | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1989 | 
| Political party | Red 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]
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]
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]