Rashid Farivar

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Rashid Farivar
Member of the Riksdag
Rashid Farivar at The Swedish Parliament
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
26 September 2022
ConstituencyVästra Götaland County West
Personal details
Born (1982-05-15) 15 May 1982 (age 41)
R&D
Engineer

Rashid Farivar (born 15 May 1982 in Iran) is an Iranian-born Swedish engineer and politician of the Sweden Democrats party who was elected to the Riksdag in 2022 general election representing the Västra Götaland County West constituency.

Biography

Early life and education

Farivar was born in

licentiate degree of engineering. He then started working as a research and development engineer within the automotive industry for Semcon, Volvo Trucks and predominantly Volvo Cars.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Farivar speaks Swedish, English, Azeri (Azerbaijani language), Persian and Turkish. He has some knowledge of Arabic, as well.[8]

Political career

Farivar joined the Sweden Democrats in early 2017 and is a board member for the party in Mölndal.[9] For the 2022 Swedish general election, Farivar was elected to the Riksdag to represent Västra Götaland County West constituency and takes up seat 339 in the parliament. In the Riksdag he sits on the committees for Transport and Communications, Civil Affairs and Environment and Agriculture.[10]

Political views

In politics, Farivar has called for more strict policies to integrate immigrants into Swedish society, including compulsory language and assimilationist tests, and for tougher stances against

open door policy and more immigration and has expressed support for voluntary repatriation measures for immigrants who do not wish to integrate within the Swedish society. Farivar has also spoken out against the Islamic Nuance Party, claiming that it aims to expose culturally unassimilated immigrants in Sweden to Islamism.[12][13]

Farivar also continues to comment on Iranian politics and as a student in Iran was active in

Islamic Revolution in Iran.[15][16] In 2022, along with SD politicians Markus Wiechel and Charlie Weimers he took part in a demonstration against the Iranian government in Stockholm.[17]

In 2023, following the Quran burnings in Sweden, Farivar expressed opposition to proposals to change the Swedish order law so that demonstrations deemed to be a risk of disturbing the security of Sweden can be stopped and said he would vote down the proposal. He argued that the proposed change would stifle freedom of expression and give power to foreign dictatorships and Muslim extremists to demand more censorship.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Farivar (SD): "I feel sick when I see Ann Linde"". 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. ^ Korn, D. (2022-09-04). "Den konservative invandraren". Bulletin (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  3. ^ ""Welcome to the Swedish-Iranian Riksdag"". Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  4. ^ "Rashid Farivar". Research.chalmers.se. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  5. ^ "More engineers in the Riksdag after the election". 27 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  6. ^ Russell, Dave (27 September 2022). "Youngest and oldest MP's on hand for opening of parliament". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  7. ^ "Farivar (SD): "I feel sick when I see Ann Linde"". 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  8. ^ "SD has done more for the Iranian people than C and S have ever done". 28 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  9. ^ "Five Mölndal residents take a seat in Sweden's Riksdag - SD's representative Rashid Farivar does not want to comment". 19 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  10. ^ "Rashid Farivar". Retrieved 2022-09-27.
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  12. ^ "SD: It is the left that stands for racism". 20 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  13. ^ "SD parliamentarians from Iran: Pure racism to believe that all immigrants are for immigration". Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  14. ^ "Farivar (SD): "I feel sick when I see Ann Linde"". 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  15. ^ "Farivar (SD): "I feel sick when I see Ann Linde"". 6 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  16. ^ "SD politicians from Iran: "Insulting to be called a racist"". 7 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  17. ^ "SD has done more for the Iranian people than C and S have ever done". 28 September 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  18. ^ "SD member: Will not accept changes to the Rules of Procedure". 10 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.

See also

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