Hussein al-Taee (; born 19 May 1983) is a Finnish politician who served in the

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for the

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at the

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constituency between 2019 - 2023. Al-Taee has a strong background in peace building and mediation. Previously he worked as an advisor at the Finnish peace broker organization

Crisis Management Initiative CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation sr (in 2000–2021 ''Crisis Management Initiative ry'') is an independent Finnish non-governmental organisation that works to prevent and resolve conflict through informal dialogue and mediation. Nobel P ...

(CMI). Al-Taee holds a master's degree in international management.

Early life

Al-Taee was born in

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. He moved to Finland as a quota refugee in 1993.

Political career

Al-Taee was elected to the Parliament on SDP's ticket in parliamentary elections 2019. al-Taee is a member of Commerce Committee and Environment Committee in Parliament. He also serves in Fortum's Stakeholder Advisory Board. After the elections, civil rights activist published on his blog screenshots of al-Taee's writings on Facebook. ''

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'' claimed that Yaşa assume al-Taee's posts are pro-Iran and antisemitic. Al-Taee has worked as an administrator of the "Gazan sota - Lähi-idän tilanne - uutisseuranta" named Facebook group. Finnish media, like STT, has tried to find if the screenshots are true. Al-Taee denied his posts and called them as a smear attack. He stated that he recognizes part of his posts as his own, but does not remember written all of his old postings. CMI stated that those posts were falsified. Later al-Taee recognized that those screenshots were in fact real.

Personal life

Al-Taee is married and has three children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taee, Hussein 1983 births Living people Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Finnish people of Iraqi descent Politicians from Baghdad People from Vantaa Iraqi emigrants to Finland Iraqi refugees Naturalized citizens of Finland Refugees in Finland