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 | |
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Raja at the 2018 Liberal Party conference. | |
| Second Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Leader | Guri Melby |
| Preceded by | Terje Breivik |
| Minister of Culture, Sports and Equality | |
| In office 24 January 2020 – 14 October 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
| Preceded by | Trine Skei Grande |
| Succeeded by | Anette Trettebergstuen |
| Fifth Vice President of the Storting | |
| In office 7 October 2017 – 24 January 2020 | |
| President | Olemic Thommessen Tone W. Trøen |
| Preceded by | Line Henriette Holten |
| Succeeded by | Ingjerd Schou |
| Member of the Storting | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2013 | |
| Deputy | Solveig Schytz |
| Constituency | Akershus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1975 Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | Nadia Ansar |
| Children | Maya Sara Adam |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford University of Oslo University of Southampton |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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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