Nooshi Dadgostar

Mehrnoosh "Nooshi" Dadgostar (born 20 June 1985) is a Swedish politician, a member of the Riksdag since 2014, deputy chair of the Left Party from 2018 to 2020, and the chair since 2020.

Early life and education Mehrnoosh Dadgostar was born 20 June 1985 in Ängelholm, Skåne. Her parents moved to Sweden as refugees from Iran to escape persecution in the early 1980s. She grew up in Gothenburg and attended Schillerska gymnasiet. She became involved in the Young Left in 1999, at age 14.

Dadgostar enrolled at Stockholm University, studying law, but did not complete a degree.

Political career She served as deputy chairperson of the Young Left and a member of the municipal council of Botkyrka.

She was elected to the Riksdag in 2014, and in 2018 became deputy chairperson of the Left Party.

On 3 February 2020, Dadgostar announced that she would be running for leader of her party following the resignation of Jonas Sjöstedt. In late September 2020, Dadgostar was officially nominated as the party's new leader, and on 31 October she was elected leader of the Left Party. On 15 June, she issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the government to either withdraw its plans or have the Left Party withdrawing from the governing coalition. Dadgostar followed through, resulting in a chamber vote where the Riksdag voted Löfven out of power.

Personal life She has been in relationship with Martin Westergren since 2015, with whom she has one daughter.