Esabelle_Dingizian

Esabelle Dingizian

Esabelle Dingizian

Swedish Green Party politician


Esabelle Dingizian (Armenian: Իզապէլ Տինկիզեան; 16 September 1962) is a Swedish Green Party politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006. She served as Third Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2018.

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Early life

Dingizian was born in Baghdad, Iraq to Armenian parents on 16 September 1962. Her grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian genocide and eventually moved to Iraq.[1] Her family moved to Sweden in 1965 due to her father's career. She grew up in Malmö.

Political career

Esabelle Dingizian entered politics in the late 1990s. In 1998 she was elected a member of the Botkyrka Municipality council. She became a member of the Riksdag in 2006 as the representative of the Stockholm County Council constituency.[2] Dingizian became a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs. She also worked with the Committee on the Labour Market and the Committee on Education. In 2014, Dingizian was elected the Third Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament.[2]

Personal life

Besides Swedish, she speaks Armenian and Arabic.[3] Till March 2008 she was known as Esabelle Reshdouni.[4]


Sources

  1. "Swedish Parliament's Vice Speaker presents her Armenian Genocide-survived grandma's story". Armenpress. 23 April 2015.
  2. "Notification of change of name - Third Vice-President announced that Esabelle Reshdouni (mp) changed its name to Esabelle Dingizian.", Riksdagens protokoll, 20 March 2007

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