# Abdirahim 'Husu' Hussein (Cabdiraxiim Xuseen)

> Abdirahim Husu Hussein (born 1978): Somali-born Finnish radio host and Helsinki politician.

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## Who is he?

Abdirahim Hussein Mohamed, known as Husu, is a Finnish media personality and politician born in Somalia on 21 October 1978 ([Wikipedia, Abdirahim Hussein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdirahim_Hussein)). See [Somalis in Finland](/en/diaspora/finland/) and [Somalis in public office in Europe](/en/diaspora/somalis-in-public-office-in-europe/).

## Public life

In 2007 he was elected chair of the Helsinki Centre Youth, becoming the first immigrant to chair a political party organisation in Finland ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdirahim_Hussein)). In 2016 he left the Centre Party over cuts to education and development aid and joined the Social Democrats (same source). In 2017 he was elected to Helsinki City Council (same source).

In 2019 he publicly apologised after admitting he had made up a story about racist abuse from a taxi passenger (same source).

He chairs Moniheli, a network of multicultural organisations in the Helsinki region, and has had his own radio show on the Finnish public broadcaster Yle ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdirahim_Hussein)).

## In short

A Somali-born Finn who has been a radio host, community leader and Helsinki city councillor.

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