Arhe Hamednaca
Arhe Hamednaca | |
|---|---|
 Hamednaca in September 2016 | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 4 October 2010 – 24 September 2018 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) Yiker, Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Arhe Hamednaca (born 1953) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Stockholm Municipality between October 2010 and September 2018.[1]
Hamednaca was born in the village of Yiker in the
child soldier.[2][3] The paramilitaries abducted Hamednaca's father, tortured him and kept him prisoner for years.[2][3] In the late 1970s the ELF began to fragment and Hamednaca left the front line.[3] He left Eritrea in 1977, first moving to Sudan before arriving in Sweden in December 1984.[2][3]
Hamednaca and his family lived in the Östberga suburb of
References
- ^ a b "Ledamöter & partier: Arhe Hamednaca (S)" (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden: Riksdag. Archived from the original on 11 May 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ SVT Nyheter(in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Naib, Fatma (27 May 2015). "From Eritrean child soldier to Swedish parliamentarian". Al Jazeera. Doha, Qatar. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ Kvarnkullen, Tomas (24 May 2012). "I dag firar Eritrea sin självständighet". Expressen (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Sverige utvisar eritreansk diplomat". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden. TT News Agency. 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.