(1975-11-05) 5 November 1975 (age 48) Oslo, Norway
Political party
Liberal
Spouse
Nadia Ansar
Children
Maya Sara Adam
Alma mater
University of Oxford University of Oslo University of Southampton
Occupation
Politician
Profession
Lawyer
Abid Qayyum Raja[2] (born 5 November 1975) is a Norwegian lawyer and Liberal Party politician who served as Minister of Culture from 2020 to 2021.[3] He was elected to the Storting as representative for Akershus in 2013 where he served as second deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications and also is a member of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs. In October 2017, Raja was elected as the vice-president of the Storting, the second time in Norway's history that a Muslim has been elected to that office.[4]
Raja has written three books, the latter of which My fault (Min skyld) won the 2021 Norwegian Bookseller's Prize and was the most sold non-fiction book in Norway in 2021 and 2022.[5][6]
^"Biography: Raja, Abid Q." Stortinget.no. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^"Abid Raja" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^"Slik er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0" (in Norwegian). NRK. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^"Pakistani origin politician elected vice president of Norway's parliament". The Express Tribune. October 8, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
^Sidsel (2021-11-23). "Bokhandlerprisen 2021 til Abid Raja". Bokhandlerforeningen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-10-07.
^"Min skyld". Cappelendamm (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2021. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
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