Hussein al-Taee

Hussein al-Taee (; born 19 May 1983 ) is a Finnish politician who served in the Parliament of Finland for the Social Democratic Party of Finland at the Uusimaa constituency between 2019 - 2023.

Al-Taee has a strong background in peace building and mediation. Previously he worked as an advisor at the Finnish peace broker organization Crisis Management Initiative (CMI).

Al-Taee holds a master's degree in international management.

Early life Al-Taee was born in Baghdad. He moved to Finland as a quota refugee in 1993.

Political career Al-Taee was elected to the Parliament on SDP's ticket in parliamentary elections 2019. al-Taee is a member of Commerce Committee and Environment Committee in Parliament. He also serves in Fortum's Stakeholder Advisory Board.

After the elections, civil rights activist published on his blog screenshots of al-Taee's writings on Facebook. Iltalehti and The Jerusalem Post claimed that Yaşa assume al-Taee's posts are pro-Iran and antisemitic. Al-Taee has worked as an administrator of the "Gazan sota - Lähi-idän tilanne - uutisseuranta" named Facebook group.

Finnish media, like STT, has tried to find if the screenshots are true. Al-Taee denied his posts and called them as a smear attack. He stated that he recognizes part of his posts as his own, but does not remember written all of his old postings. Later al-Taee recognized that those screenshots were in fact real.

Personal life Al-Taee is married and has three children.