Esabelle Dingizian

Swedish Green Party politician

Esabelle Dingizian


Third Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag
In office 29 September 2014 – 24 September 2018
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Preceded by	Jan Ertsborn
Succeeded by	Kerstin Lundgren

Personal details
Born	(1962-09-16) 16 September 1962 (age 61) Baghdad, Iraq
Political party	Green Party
Website	mp.se/esabelle

Esabelle Dingizian (Armenian: Իզապէլ Տինկիզեան; 16 September 1962) is a Swedish Green Party politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006. She served as Third Deputy Speaker of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2018.

Early life

Dingizian was born in Baghdad, Iraq to Armenian parents on 16 September 1962. Her grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian genocide and eventually moved to Iraq.^[1] Her family moved to Sweden in 1965 due to her father's career. She grew up in Malmö.

Political career

Esabelle Dingizian entered politics in the late 1990s. In 1998 she was elected a member of the Botkyrka Municipality council. She became a member of the Riksdag in 2006 as the representative of the Stockholm County Council constituency.^[2] Dingizian became a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs. She also worked with the Committee on the Labour Market and the Committee on Education. In 2014, Dingizian was elected the Third Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament.^[2]

Personal life

Besides Swedish, she speaks Armenian and Arabic.^[3] Till March 2008 she was known as Esabelle Reshdouni.^[4]

Sources

^ "Swedish Parliament's Vice Speaker presents her Armenian Genocide-survived grandma's story". Armenpress. 23 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Armenian Esabelle Dingizian appointed Sweden's Parliament deputy speaker". Arab Women & Business. 23 October 2014.
^ Հարցազրոյց Շուէտի Խորհրդարանի Փոխնախագահ Իզապէլ Տինկիզեանի Հետ. Asbarez (in Armenian). 10 November 2014.
^ "Notification of change of name - Third Vice-President announced that Esabelle Reshdouni (mp) changed its name to Esabelle Dingizian.", Riksdagens protokoll, 20 March 2007