Fatim Diarra

Fatim Winshett El Habib Diarra[1] (born 1986[2]) is a Finnish politician.

Fatim Diarra
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Helsinki
Assumed office
5 April 2023
Personal details
Born1986 (age 37–38)
Vantaa, Finland
Political partyGreen League
Websitehttps://www.fatimdiarra.fi/

Biography

She was elected to the Parliament of Finland from the Helsinki constituency in the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election.[3] She has been a city councilor in Helsinki since 2017, and was elected Chair of the City Council of Helsinki in June 2021.[4] She served as a deputy chairperson of her party Green League from 2019 to 2021.[5]

Diarra chairs Naisasialiitto Unioni, the oldest feminist organization in Finland, and in June 2021 she was elected to the Board of Administration of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL).[6]

She is active also in the Black Lives Matter movement and for body positivity.[7] In the past, Fatim Diarra was active in the scout movement.[8]

Diarra was born to a Finnish mother and Malian father.[9]

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