# Marian Abdi Hussein (Maryan Cabdi Xuseen)

> Marian Abdi Hussein (b.1986): Somali-born Norwegian MP for Oslo and Socialist Left deputy leader.

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## Who is she?

Marian Abdi Hussein is a Norwegian politician from the Socialist Left Party ([Wikipedia, Marian Abdi Hussein](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Abdi_Hussein)). She was born in Somalia on 24 July 1986 and came to Norway as a refugee aged ten (same source). She has worked as a social worker for NAV, Norway's labour and welfare service, and for the Child Welfare Service (same source). See [Somalis in Norway](/en/diaspora/norway/).

## Parliament

She was a deputy member of the Storting for Oslo from 2017 to 2021 and was elected a full member for 2021 to 2025 ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Abdi_Hussein)). She sat on the Standing Committee on Health and Care Services and the delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and was re-elected for 2025 to 2029 (same source).

## Party deputy leader

On 18 March 2023 the party convention elected her deputy leader by 114 votes to 101 over Lars Haltbrekken ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Abdi_Hussein)). In October 2026 she said she would not seek re-election as deputy leader at the 2027 convention (same source).

## In short

A refugee child from Somalia who became an Oslo MP and deputy leader of a Norwegian party.

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