Ardalan Shekarabi

Ardalan Shekarabi
Minister for Public Administration
Assumed office
3 October 2014
Monarch Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
Preceded by Stefan Attefall
Member of the Swedish Riksdag
for Uppsala County
Assumed office
15 April 2013
Personal details
Born (1978-11-28) 28 November 1978
Manchester, United Kingdom
Political party Social Democrats
Occupation Jurist

Ardalan Shekarabi (Persian: اردلان شکرآبی; born 28 November 1978) is a Swedish politician and former chairman.[1] In October 2014, he became the Minister for Public Administration in the new Stefan Löfven government.[2]

Controversies

In December 2004 Dagens Nyheter revealed that Shekarabi had siphoned funds [3]from his political party's youth fund SSU into an account supposed to be used for integration projects. This account was later used for private purchases. Shekarabi claims he did not know where the money came from.

During Shekarabis leadership in the SSU it was also revealed that extensive cheating with memberships had occurred, blowing up the numbers to gain more funds from SSU. [4] [5]

References

  1. "Nödvändig konflikt inom SSU". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 7 August 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  2. "New ministers at the Ministry of Finance". Government Offices of Sweden. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. "Hemligt konto bekostade kampanj för SSU-ordförande". Dagens Nyheter. 21 December 2004.
  4. "SSU lovar räfst och rättarting". Svenska Dagbladet. 14 March 2005.
  5. "Shekarabis SSU-distrikt fuskade". Svenska Dagbladet. 18 March 2005.
Preceded by
Mikael Damberg
Chairperson of the Social Democratic Youth League
2003–2005
Succeeded by
Anna Sjödin


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