Jabar Amin
Jabar Amin | |
|---|---|
 Amin in July 2013 | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 4 October 2010 – 24 September 2018 | |
| Constituency | Västerbotten County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Alma mater | Umeå University |
Jabar Karim Mohamad Amin (born 1959) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Green Party, he represented Västerbotten County between October 2010 and September 2018.[1]
Amin studied mathematics at Umeå University.[1] He has a political science degree from the university.[1] He has been an interpreter, case manager, project manager and business manager.[1] He was a member of the municipal council in Umeå Municipality between 2006 and 2010.[1]
Amin, who is a Kurd, claimed to have nominated Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Öcalan for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.[2][3] Amin was meant to be part of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's election observer group for the 2018 Turkish presidential election but was blocked, along with German MP Andrej Hunko, from entering Turkey.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ledamöter & partier: Jabar Amin (MP)" (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden: Riksdag. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Amin, Jabar (8 May 2014). "Ge PKK-ledaren Abdullah Öcalan Nobels fredspris". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Jabar Amin: Xelata aştiyê ya Nobelê bidine Abdullah Öcalan". Sveriges Radio (in Kurdish). Stockholm, Sweden. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Berlin: Türkiye kuralları ihlal ediyor". Deutsche Welle (in Turkish). Bonn, Germany. 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "German, Swedish OSCE election observers denied entry to Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. Istanbul, Turkey. 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2022.