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Abir Al-Sahlani

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Abir Al-Sahlani is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Abir Al-Sahlani · Абир Аль-Сахлани · Абір Аль-Сахлані · عبير السهلانى · عبير السهلاني · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	Abir · Abir Al-Sahlan · Аль-Сахлани, Абир · عبير السهلاني				[sources]
Birth date	1976-05-18				[sources]
Place of birth	Nasiriyah				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	Sweden				[sources]
Country	European Union · Sweden				[sources]
Citizenship	Sweden				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Abir				[sources]
Last name	Al-Sahlani				[sources]
Website	www.twitter.com · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4118653				[sources]
Position	Member of the European Parliament (2019-2024) · Member of the European Parliament (2024-) · Riksdag (member, 2010-2011) · Riksdag (member, 2010-2014) · Sweden Member of the European Parliament · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Mid Sweden University				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	www.europarl.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-21	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Iran	Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs		-	-

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Renew Europe Group	-	-	-
Centerpartiet	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Riksdag	2011-09-30	2014-09-29
Member of the European Parliament

Data sources

Every Politician58,326

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,790

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Iran Sanctions List405

Individuals and entities in the sanctions list of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Iran · MFA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,110

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

European Parliament Members934

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European Union · EP

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Wikidata349,174

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions547,106

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Source data IDs: ir-san-32acb1f085086aa2c86f82098b95e1f7fcfd7d5d · evpo-89a64135-cbf4-41c2-95ba-b486a0b7961a · eu-meps-197400

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