Jabar Amin

Jabar Amin
Amin in July 2013
Member of the Riksdag
In office 4 October 2010 – 24 September 2018
Constituency	Västerbotten County
Personal details
Born	1959 (age 65–66)
Political party	Green Party
Alma mater	Umeå University

Jabar Karim Mohamad Amin (born 1959) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Green Party, he represented Västerbotten County between October 2010 and September 2018.[1]

Amin studied mathematics at Umeå University.[1] He has a political science degree from the university.[1] He has been an interpreter, case manager, project manager and business manager.[1] He was a member of the municipal council in Umeå Municipality between 2006 and 2010.[1]

Amin, who is a Kurd, claimed to have nominated Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Öcalan for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.[2][3] Amin was meant to be part of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's election observer group for the 2018 Turkish presidential election but was blocked, along with German MP Andrej Hunko, from entering Turkey.[4][5]

References

1. "Ledamöter & partier: Jabar Amin (MP)" (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden: Riksdag. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
2. Amin, Jabar (8 May 2014). "Ge PKK-ledaren Abdullah Öcalan Nobels fredspris". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
3. "Jabar Amin: Xelata aştiyê ya Nobelê bidine Abdullah Öcalan". Sveriges Radio (in Kurdish). Stockholm, Sweden. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
4. "Berlin: Türkiye kuralları ihlal ediyor". Deutsche Welle (in Turkish). Bonn, Germany. 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
5. "German, Swedish OSCE election observers denied entry to Turkey". Hürriyet Daily News. Istanbul, Turkey. 22 June 2018. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2022.