Medine Sara Borita Gille formerly ''Seppälä'' (born 8 September 1981) is a Swedish politician and a member of the

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for

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party.

Biography

Gille was born in Sweden, her mother is Swedish while her father is

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(of

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origin), but she was mostly raised in

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. She graduated with a degree in medicine and worked as a nurse in a hospital and an assisted living facility. She has been active in politics since 2014. She has described honour violence and forced marriages as issues which inspired her to take an interest in becoming a politician, having relatives who were subjected to both and has called for both practices to be outlawed in Sweden. During the

2018 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 9 September 2018 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag. Regional and municipal elections were also held on the same day. The incumbent minority government, consisting of the Social Democrats and the Gr ...

, she was elected to the Riksdag for the seat of

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. In parliament, she has served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Education. She was reelected during the

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but for the Dalarna county constituency. She took parental leave after her election and was replaced by Rasmus Giertz as a member of parliament. Outside of politics she lives in

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with her family and cites skiing and riding snowmobiles as her main interests.

References

1981 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Sweden Democrats Swedish politicians of Kurdish descent People from Haninge Municipality People from Dorotea Municipality Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026 21st-century Swedish women politicians 21st-century Kurdish politicians Kurdish women in politics {{Sweden-politician-stub