List of foreign politicians of Iranian origin
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This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside Iran who are of Iranian origin.
Canada
[edit]- Ali Ehsassi – Member of the House of Commons of Canada
- Goldie Ghamari – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Majid Jowhari – Member of the House of Commons
- Amir Khadir – Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
- Reza Moridi – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Michael Parsa – Associate Minister of Housing of Ontario
France
[edit]- Pouria Amirshahi - Member of the National Assembly
Germany
[edit]- Bijan Djir-Sarai - Member of the Bundestag
- Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg - Mayor of Frankfurt
- Yasmin Fahimi - Member of the Bundestag
- Parsa Marvi - Member of the Bundestag
- Niema Movassat - Member of the Bundestag
- Michaela Noll - Member of the Bundestag
- Omid Nouripour - Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
- Sahra Wagenknecht - Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag (2015-2017) and of Die Linke in the Bundestag (2015-2019)
Israel
[edit]- Eliezer Avtabi - Member of the Knesset
- Michael Ben-Ari - Member of the Knesset
- Moshe Katsav - President of Israel (2000-2007)[1]
- Shaul Mofaz - Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1998-2002), Defence Minister (2002-2006) and Deputy Prime Minister (2006-2009, 2012)
Netherlands
[edit]- Ulysse Ellian – Member of the House of Representatives
- Farah Karimi – Member of the House of Representatives
New Zealand
[edit]- Golriz Ghahraman – Member of the New Zealand Parliament
Norway
[edit]- Masud Gharahkhani – President of the Storting
- Mazyar Keshvari – Member of the Storting
Sweden
[edit]- Alireza Akhondi – Member of the Riksdag
- Minoo Akhtarzand – Governor of Jönköping County (2010-2016) and Governor of Västmanland County (2016-present)
- Hanif Bali – Member of the Riksdag
- Nooshi Dadgostar – Leader of the Left Party
- Ali Esbati – Member of the Riksdag
- Shadieh Heydari – Member of the Riksdag
- Reza Khelili Dylami – Member of the Riksdag
- Parisa Liljestrand – Minister of Culture (2022–present)
- Romina Pourmokhtari – Minister for the Environment (2022–present)
- Daniel Riazat – Member of the Riksdag
- Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson – Member of the Riksdag
- Ardalan Shekarabi – Minister for Public Administration (2014-2019) and Minister for Social Security (2019-2022)
- Maryam Yazdanfar – Member of the Riksdag
United Kingdom
[edit]- Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar - Member of the House of Lords[2]
- David Alliance, Baron Alliance - Member of the House of Lords
- Seema Kennedy - Conservative MP and Parliamentary Undersecretary[3]
United States
[edit]US Congress
[edit]- Stephanie Bice – Representative from Oklahoma
- Anna Eshoo – Representative from California
State and territory levels
[edit]- Raumesh Akbari – Member of the Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives
- Dalya Attar – Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Jimmy Delshad – Mayor of Beverly Hills, California (2007-2008, 2010-2011)
- Anna Eskamani – Member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Darya Farivar – Member of the Washington House of Representatives
- Rey Garofano – Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
- Haraz Ghanbari – Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Cyrus Habib – Lieutenant Governor of Washington (2017-2021)
- Anna Kaplan – Member of the New York Senate
- Zahra Karinshak – Member of the Georgia Senate
- Ross Mirkarimi – Sheriff of San Francisco (2012, 2012-2016)
- Adrin Nazarian – Member of the California State Assembly
- Bob Yousefian – Mayor of Glendale, California (2004-2005)
See also
[edit]- List of heads of state and government of Indian origin
- List of foreign politicians of Chinese origin
- List of foreign politicians of Korean origin
- List of foreign politicians of Indian origin
- List of foreign politicians of Japanese origin
- List of foreign politicians of Vietnamese origin
References
[edit]- ^ "Timeline: Immigrant, president, rapist". The Jerusalem Post. December 31, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
- ^ "Haleh Afshar, Who Fought for Rights of Muslim Women, Dies at 77". New York Times. June 24, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ "Fleeing oppression taught me so much". Lancashire Telegraph. July 14, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2022.