Nasima Razmyar
Nasima Razmyar is an Afghan- Finnish politician, representing the Social Democratic Party. Razmyar was elected to the Finnish Parliament in 2015, gaining 5,156 votes in the elections. She served in the Parliament until June 2017, when she was chosen as the Deputy Mayor for culture and leisure in Helsinki. She has also been a member of the City Council of Helsinki since 2012.
Razmyar's family came to Finland from Moscow where her father Mohammad Daoud Razmyar was the Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan to Soviet Union. The family moved to Finland in 1993, after president Mohammad Najibullah was ousted from power In 2010 Razmyar was named the refugee woman of the year.
