Somalis abroad in public life
Marian Abdi Hussein (Maryan Cabdi Xuseen)
Marian Abdi Hussein (born 24 July 1986) is a Somali-born Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She has been a member of the Storting (parliament) for Oslo since 2021, re-elected for 2025 to 2029, and a deputy leader of her party since March 2023. She came to Norway as a refugee aged ten.
Marian Abdi HusseinMaryan Cabdi Xuseen
- Lived
- 1986-07-24 to today
- Known as one of
- Somalis abroad in public life
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who is she?
Marian Abdi Hussein is a Norwegian politician from the Socialist Left Party (Wikipedia, 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.
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). 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). 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.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Marian Abdi Hussein · en.wikipedia.org
Marian Abdi HusseinMaryan Cabdi Xuseen
- Lived
- 1986-07-24 to today
- Known as one of
- Somalis abroad in public life
- Era
- The Republic, 1960 to 1991; Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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