Lenya Rún Taha Karim (born 18 December 1999) is an Icelandic politician for the Pirate Party.
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| Born | 18 December 1999 Kópavogur, Iceland |
| Political party | Pirate Party |
Early life
editLenya Rún was born in Kópavogur in 1999 to Kurdish immigrants.[1] Her father migrated to Iceland in 1993 and her mother in 1996.[2] She went to school in Iceland, but the family returned to Kurdistan for three years in 2013.[2] She is currently a law student at the University of Iceland.[3]
Political career
editLenya Rún advocates for an embetterment of the rights for the asylum seekers[4] the legalization of drugs and a solution of the climate crisis.[5] Following the Icelandic parliamentary election on 25 September 2021, it was announced that she had been elected as a member of parliament for the constituency Reykjavík North, winning one of the nine available leveling seats.[6][2] At the age of 21, she would have been the youngest parliamentarian in the history of Alþingi, 22-days younger than Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir.[7] However, after a recount in the Northwest constituency on 26 September, five leveling seats where reshuffled, meaning Lenya Rún and four other candidates lost their seats.[8][9][10]
On 27 December 2021, she took a seat at Alþingi as a deputy member of parliament, temporarily replacing Andrés Ingi Jónsson.[11]
References
edit- ^ Ágúst Borgþór Sverrisson (2 September 2021). "Lenya Rún er íslenskur frambjóðandi sem verður fyrir rasisma – "Þetta er ekkert nýtt fyrir mig en hefur aldrei stoppað mig"". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ a b c van Wilgenburg, Wladimir (26 September 2021). "Kurdish woman becomes youngest person to win seat in Icelandic parliament". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir; Gunnar Hansson; Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir (4 February 2021). "Fann fyrst fyrir rasisma í Háskólanum". RÚV. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Egill Bjarnasson (26 September 2021). "Iceland elects its first female-majority parliament". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Andie Sophia Fontaine (6 September 2021). "From Iceland — Crowded House: Parliamentary Elections In The Pandemic". The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (26 September 2021). "Afglæpavæðingin og málefni innflytjenda brennur á nýjum og ungum þingmanni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Ingvar Þór Björnsson (26 September 2021). "Yngsti þingmaðurinn segir þjóðina vera komna með nóg". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Óttar Kolbeinsson Proppé (26 September 2021). "Þetta voru góðir níu tímar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Ingvar Þór Björnsson (26 September 2021). "Væri skrýtið ef Píratar myndu ekki bregðast við". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Fer inn í kvöldið með engar væntingar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Veronika Steinunn Magnúsdóttir (27 December 2021). "Ungar konur taka yfir þingið í dag". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 December 2021.