Ilan Sadé (; ; born 26 August 1978) is a Swedish

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, debater, and

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with former affiliations with the Centre Party. Since 2016 he has been the

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for Citizens' Coalition. Sadé owns the online newspaper Nyheter Idag and the blog .

Biography

Ilan Sadé moved to Sweden in 1980 together with his Israeli father and his Swedish mother. They moved to

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. In 2004, he took the

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exam at

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and since then he has worked as a business lawyer and debater. He now lives in Malmo.

Political activity

From 2003 until 2016 Sadé was the chairman of the Centre Party's student wing as well as being the editor of ''Tidskriften Rådslag'' from 2004 until 2006. During the

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, he was in second place on the ballot for the Centre Party's regional council election for the constituency of

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. He has also been the chairman of the environmental committee in

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from 2017 until 2009. After several articles on the forum TV4 Newsmill in 2011 and 2012 criticizing the Centre Party's policies regarding immigration, education and the party's new ideologies, around 2011 or 2012 he stopped paying his membership fee resulting in him leaving the party. After Sadé left the Center Party he decided to become an

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and not be aligned with any political party. After the

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and in the aftermath of the '' December Agreement'' Sadé joined Bourgeois Future. He believed that the political parties in the

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had a condescending view upon their voters and were not representing them, viewing how nobody was interacting with the

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. Sadé saw two alternatives he could join; either the Sweden Democrats or the newly formed Bourgeois Future whom he knew the leader. A couple of weeks after the ''December Agreement'', he joined Bourgeois Future. Since October 2016 he has been the leader of Citizens' Coalition. Sadé owns the company Publicism NITEK AB which owns the online newspaper Nyheter Idag.

Personal life

Sadé moved to

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for one year where he wrote his book. Sadé is openly gay.

Bibliography

Books

References

External links

Official website
, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Sadé, Ilan 1978 births Living people Swedish people of Israeli descent Israeli emigrants to Sweden Politicians from Malmö People from Vellinge Municipality People from Nahariya 21st-century Swedish lawyers Leaders of political parties in Sweden 21st-century Swedish politicians Swedish monarchists Citizens' Coalition politicians Centre Party (Sweden) politicians Former Centre Party (Sweden) politicians Swedish gay politicians