Romina Pourmokhtari is a Swedish politician (liberal). In 2022, she became a member of the Riksdag of Sweden from the Stockholm Municipality constituency. On 18 October 2022, she was appointed Minister for Climate and Environment in the Kristersen government, becoming the youngest person (aged 26) to lead the ministry in the country. Pourmokhtari is of Iranian origin.
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Romina Pourmokhtari was born on Sunday, 12 November 1995 (age 27 years; as of 2022) in Sundbyberg Parish, Stockholm, Sweden. His zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Romina Pourmokhtari in childhood
He did his schooling at Blackbergs Gymnasium in Stockholm, Sweden from 2011 to 2014; She was a science student. While in school, Romina was a student council president. Subsequently, he studied political science at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. He was introduced to politics by his father, who had moved to Sweden from Iran as a political refugee. While talking to the media, Romina shared her childhood memories with her father and said,
He always sits and discusses with me the whole day. My entire upbringing was dominated by arguments with my father, whom I almost never agree with but am very fond of.”
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye colour: Hazel green
Family
Romina Pourmokhtari is from an Azerbaijani family.
parents and siblings
His father, Ibrahim Pourmokhtari, originally from Tabriz, West Azerbaijan, Iran, moved to Sweden as a political refugee. There is not much information about his mother. He has no brother.
Romina Pourmokhtari’s parents
Affairs/Boyfriend
Apparently, Romina Pourmokhtari has been dating Fredrik Holvester for some time.
livelihood
Romina Pourmokhtari started her career as an IT assistant at Eastern Real High School in Stockholm in June 2012. He worked there for about three months. In 2014, she started working as a waitress at Tehran Grill AB in Stockholm, Sweden. She worked there for about a year and then joined Stockholm’s bar-cum-restaurant Urban Deli as a waitress. Along with this, he also gives private tuition on subjects like Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry and English at StudyBuddy AB.
Politics
In 2014, Romina Pourmokhtari joined the Liberal Youth Association (LUF) in Greater Stockholm as a campaign worker. In October 2016, she joined The Liberals as a political advisor and was responsible for cultural issues in the Stockholm region. She remained active as a political advisor for about three years. That same year, he was promoted to Sweden’s Liberal Youth Board.
Romina Pourmokhtari attending The Liberal’s board meeting
In 2018, Romina was elected as Vice President of the Liberal Youth Association, the first person to become Vice President of the association. In 2019 she became the president of the Liberal Youth Association. For many years, she has been involved in political issues related to education, feminism, integration and prevention of honor harassment.
Romina Pourmokhtari discussing her party’s policies during a news debate
During his tenure as president of the Liberal Youth Association, Romina argued that conscription should be completely replaced by professional defense. He also said that the parent party, the Liberals, should stick to their liberal immigration policy. In September 2022, he resigned as president of the Liberal Youth Association. The same year, he contested the parliamentary elections in Sweden for The Liberals from the Stockholm County and Stockholm Municipality constituencies. Pourmokhtari finished sixth on both lists and was elected as a member of the Riksdag. On 18 October 2022, Romina was appointed as Minister for Climate and Environment in the right-wing government by Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson.
Romina Pourmokhtari as a part of the new Swedish government on the Ljönbakken terrace in Stockholm Palace
Other work
In February 2014, when Romina was studying in high school, she, along with a group of people, sang Jag har eldrig (meaning I never have) to influence first-time voters in Stockholm to vote. Started a non-profit project called. The aim of the organization was to invite 2000 participants to an event to discuss political issues in an entertaining environment. In the same year, she joined the project ‘Cilantro’s absorption of copper in the human body’ and was awarded a scholarship at the international science fair STÅT in Åbo, Finland. In June 2021, Pourmokhtari became a member of the association board of RFSU (Riksforbundet for Sexual Uprising), a non-profit organization formed for sexual education in Stockholm. Since then she has been associated with NGO work. In 2022, he wrote the book ‘Chicken Nuggets Pa Krita’.
Romina Pourmokhtari’s book
Facts/General Knowledge
- She likes to read books in her free time.
- Romina Pourmokhtari is fluent in five languages – French, English, Persian, Swedish and Azerbaijani.
- In January 2022, Romina’s name was included in the list of Sweden’s most powerful politicians under the age of 30 released by Expressen, a Swedish evening newspaper.
- Apparently Romina has shown her support for the protests taking place in Iran. Protests erupted in Iran following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, who was detained for improperly wearing a hijab.
- According to Swedish media, many people were unhappy with the Swedish government’s decision to appoint Pourmokhtari as Climate Minister because he had never worked on the issue before. Also, there was no mention of climate issues in his personal or professional profile.
- Pourmokhtari was once a major critic of Kristersson’s move to align his party with the Sweden Democrats (SD). In one of his tweets in 2020, he wrote,
Ulf Christerson without SD – of course. Ulf Christerson with SD – No thanks.
- Romina has been seen consuming alcohol on several occasions.
Romina Pourmokhtari in a restaurant with a friend
- An avid dog lover, Romina has a pet dog.
Romina Pourmokhtari’s Instagram post about her pet dog
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