Muharrem Demirok
Portrait image of Muharrem Demirok
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Leader of the Centre Party
Assumed office
2 February 2023
Preceded byAnnie Lööf
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
27 September 2022
Personal details
Born (1976-10-03) 3 October 1976 (age 47)
Huddinge, Sweden
Political partyCentre
Children3

Muharrem Demirok (born 3 October 1976) is a Swedish politician who has been the leader of the Centre Party since 2 February 2023. Additionally, Demirok has been a member of Riksdag since September 2022.

Early life

Demirok was born on 3 October 1976 in Huddinge, Stockholm County, Sweden to a Swedish mother and Turkish father.[1][2][3]

Career

He is a member of the Centre Party.[1] From 2009 to 2022, he served as a municipal council in the municipality of Linköping.[4] Following the 2022 Swedish general election, he became a member of Riksdag.[2] On 11 January 2023, during the 2023 Centre Party leadership election, he was endorsed by the party's election committee as the candidate to succeed Annie Lööf, the incumbent leader of Centre Party.[1][5] He was appointed party leader on 2 February, during a party meeting in Helsingborg.[6]

Personal life

Demirok has been convicted for two counts of assault, for which he received fines and did community service. The first assault took place in 1995 with another student during his high school studies. The second assault happened in 1999, when he ended up in an altercation with another student at a university party in Linköping.[7][8] He is in a cohabitating partnership and has three children.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Sweden's Centre Party nominates Muharrem Demirok as new leader". The Local Sweden. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Vi som skriver « Jämställd". 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b Rosén, Hans (28 January 2023). "Muharrem Demirok: SD sätter Sveriges säkerhet på spel". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Linköpings Tidning - Muharrem Demirok tar över efter Gösta Gustavsson". 10 December 2009. Archived from the original on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  5. ^ Frenker, Clarence (11 January 2023). "Muharrem Demirok föreslås bli ny partiledare för Centerpartiet". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ Markus Botsjö (2 February 2023). "Muharrem Demirok ny partiledare för Centerpartiet". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  7. ^ Brantemo, Axel; Askbom, August (20 December 2022). "Centerns kandidat Muharrem Demirok dömd för misshandel". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  8. ^ Ewald Hurinsky, Hugo (20 December 2022). "C-kandidaten dömd för misshandel: Har känt skam". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
Party political offices Preceded byAnnie Lööf Chairman of the Centre Party 2023–present Incumbent
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