Hanif Bali

Hanif Bali
Member of the Swedish Riksdag
for Stockholm County
Assumed office
4 October 2010
Personal details
Born (1987-04-10) 10 April 1987
Kermanshah, Iran
Political party Moderate Party
Alma mater Uppsala University
Website hejahanif.se
Hanif Bali on Twitter

Hanif Bali (Persian: حنیف بالی‎, born 10 April 1987) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party and a former[1] board member of the Moderate Party. He has been member of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm County since 2010. He lives in Solna, Sweden and has municipal positions in Solna Municipality.

Bali arrived in Sweden unaccompanied from Iran at the age of 3, and lived most of his childhood in different foster families. He is of Kurdish descent.[2] He studied at Uppsala University after finishing gymnasium. Prior to becoming a full-time politician, Bali worked as a programmer and web developer. He worked for the Moderate Party as a webmaster from 2006 to 2007.

Prior to the 2010 general election he stood as number 9 on the ticket for the Swedish Riksdag in Stockholm County[3] and was thus the youngest and highest placed newcomer in the Moderate Party in the region. In the Swedish Riksdag, Bali is a permanent member of the Labour Market Committee and a deputy in the Education Committee. He is responsible for integration issues in the Labour Market Committee of the Moderate Party.

Bali has primarily made a name for himself with his profile on issues regarding refugees[4] including his outspoken criticism of islamophobia, xenophobia and the normalization of the national conservative Sweden Democrat party's politics, from his own position as an immigrant in Sweden,[5] as well as IT related matters.[6][7] He also runs a business as an IT consultant.

He is known for being outspoken on Twitter, which has resulted in multiple controversies and comparisons with both US President Donald Trump and political pundit Milo Yiannopolous for his attacks on political opponents as well as the direct nature of his tweets.[8][9][10]

In January 2018, Bali was interviewed by Tucker Carlson on Fox News about immigration to Sweden.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Hanif Bali Facebook Post
  2. ↑ "Hanif Bali on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  3. ↑ Election for Parliament - Ballots - Stockholm County - Moderate Party
  4. ↑ Bali: "I'm ashamed of my party friends"
  5. ↑ "Rasismen är ditt ansvar nu, Juholt". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  6. ↑ It's important to work extra while studying
  7. ↑ Bali: "Computer games is a form of culture"
  8. ↑ "Hanif Bali (M) om demonstranterna på Medis: "Låt dem strejka ihjäl sig"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  9. ↑ Albinsson, Mattias (2017-07-11). "Hanif Bali drack mjölk i Almedalen – anklagas för att passera 'den bruna gränsen'". Nyheter Idag | By Mattias Albinsson (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  10. ↑ "Hanif Bali: Sweden's own Milo or clever social media influencer". Mail Online. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  11. ↑ Fox News (2018-01-19), Immigration debate grips Sweden, retrieved 2018-01-21
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