Abid Raja

Abid Qayyum Raja (born 5 November 1975) is a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal Party politician who served as Minister of Culture from 2020 to 2021. He was elected to the Storting as representative for Akershus in 2013 where he served as second deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications and also is a member of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. In October 2017, Raja was elected as the vice-president of the Storting, the second time in Norway's history that a Muslim has been elected to that office.

Abid Raja
Raja at the 2018 Liberal Party conference.
Second Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party
Assumed office
26 September 2020
LeaderGuri Melby
Preceded byTerje Breivik
Minister of Culture, Sports and Equality
In office
24 January 2020  14 October 2021
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Preceded byTrine Skei Grande
Succeeded byAnette Trettebergstuen
Fifth Vice President of the Storting
In office
7 October 2017  24 January 2020
PresidentOlemic Thommessen
Tone W. Trøen
Preceded byLine Henriette Holten
Succeeded byIngjerd Schou
Member of the Storting
Assumed office
17 October 2013
DeputySolveig Schytz
ConstituencyAkershus
Personal details
Born (1975-11-05) 5 November 1975
Oslo, Norway
Political partyLiberal
SpouseNadia Ansar
ChildrenMaya
Sara
Adam
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
University of Oslo
University of Southampton
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Raja has written three books, the latter of which My fault (Min skyld) won the 2021 Norwegian Bookseller's Prize and was the most sold non-fiction book in Norway in 2021 and 2022.

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