Ardalan Shekarabi

Ardalan Shekarabi
Ardalan Shekarabi
Minister for Social Security
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Annika Strandhäll
Minister for Public Administration
	In office; 3 October 2014 – 1 October 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Stefan Attefall
Succeeded by	Lena Micko
Member of the Swedish Riksdag; for Uppsala County
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 April 2013
Personal details
Born	28 November 1978; Manchester, United Kingdom
Political party	Social Democrats
Occupation	Jurist

Ardalan Shekarabi (Persian: اردلان شکرآبی‎; born in Manchester, UK, 28 November 1978) is an Iranian-Swedish politician and former chairman.[1] He has served as Minister for Social Security since October 2019 and previously served as Minister for Public Administration from 2014 to 2019.[2] On 21 January 2019 he became Minister for Consumer Affairs.[3]

Controversies

In December 2004 Dagens Nyheter revealed that Shekarabi had siphoned funds[4] from his political party's youth fund SSU into an account supposed to be used for integration projects. This account was later used for private purchases. Shekarabi claims he did not know where the money came from.

During Shekarabi's leadership of the SSU it was also revealed that extensive membership cheating had occurred, inflating numbers to gain more funds for SSU.[5][6]

References

"Nödvändig konflikt inom SSU". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 7 August 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
"New ministers at the Ministry of Finance". Government Offices of Sweden. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
Eklundh, Johanna. "Alla Löfven-regeringens ministrar – hela listan". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
"Hemligt konto bekostade kampanj för SSU-ordförande". Dagens Nyheter. 21 December 2004.
"SSU lovar räfst och rättarting". Svenska Dagbladet. 14 March 2005.
"Shekarabis SSU-distrikt fuskade". Svenska Dagbladet. 18 March 2005.

Preceded by Mikael Damberg	Chairperson of the Social Democratic Youth League 2003–2005	Succeeded by Anna Sjödin

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[1] "Nödvändig konflikt inom SSU". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 7 August 2003. Retrieved 13 November 2009.

[2] "New ministers at the Ministry of Finance". Government Offices of Sweden. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

[3] Eklundh, Johanna. "Alla Löfven-regeringens ministrar – hela listan". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

[4] "Hemligt konto bekostade kampanj för SSU-ordförande". Dagens Nyheter. 21 December 2004.

[5] "SSU lovar räfst och rättarting". Svenska Dagbladet. 14 March 2005.

[6] "Shekarabis SSU-distrikt fuskade". Svenska Dagbladet. 18 March 2005.