Esabelle Dingizian (; born 16 September 1962) is a Swedish

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politician. She has been a member of the

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since 2006. She served as

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from 2014 to 2018.

Early life

Dingizian was born in

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Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

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parents on 16 September 1962. Her grandmother was a survivor of the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...

and eventually moved to Iraq. Her family moved to Sweden in 1965 due to her father's career. She grew up in

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Political career

Esabelle Dingizian entered politics in the late 1990s. In 1998 she was elected a member of the

Botkyrka Municipality Botkyrka Municipality ( ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, not far from the capital Stockholm. Its seat is located in the town of Tumba. In 1971 ''Grödinge'' was merged with Botkyrka and in 1974 ''Salem'' was added ...

council. She became a member of the Riksdag in 2006 as the representative of the Stockholm County Council constituency. 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.

Personal life

Besides Swedish, she speaks

and

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. Till March 2008 she was known as Esabelle Reshdouni."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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External links

Esabelle Dingizian
at the

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