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==Early life== ==Early life==
Lenya Rún was born in Kópavogur in 1999 to Kurdish immigrants.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ágúst Borgþór Sverrisson |title=Lenya Rún er íslenskur frambjóðandi sem verður fyrir rasisma – „Þetta er ekkert nýtt fyrir mig en hefur aldrei stoppað mig“ |url=https://www.dv.is/frettir/2021/09/02/lenya-run-er-islenskur-frambjodandi-sem-verdur-fyrir-rasisma-thetta-er-ekkert-nytt-fyrir-mig-en-hefur-aldrei-stoppad-mig/ |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=2 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> Her father migrated to Iceland in 1993 and her mother in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=van Wilgenburg|first=Wladimir|author-link=Wladimir van Wilgenburg|date=26 September 2021|title=Kurdish woman becomes youngest person to win seat in Icelandic parliament|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/25694-Kurdish-woman-becomes-youngest-person-to-win-seat-in-Icelandic-parliament|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-26|website=]|language=en}}</ref> She went to school in Iceland, but the family returned to ] for three years in 2013.<ref name=":0" /> She is currently a law student at the ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir |author2=Gunnar Hansson |author3=Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir |title=Fann fyrst fyrir rasisma í Háskólanum |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/02/04/fann-fyrst-fyrir-rasisma-i-haskolanum |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=4 February 2021}}</ref> Lenya Rún was born in Kópavogur in 1999 to Kurdish immigrants.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ágúst Borgþór Sverrisson |title=Lenya Rún er íslenskur frambjóðandi sem verður fyrir rasisma – "Þetta er ekkert nýtt fyrir mig en hefur aldrei stoppað mig" |url=https://www.dv.is/frettir/2021/09/02/lenya-run-er-islenskur-frambjodandi-sem-verdur-fyrir-rasisma-thetta-er-ekkert-nytt-fyrir-mig-en-hefur-aldrei-stoppad-mig/ |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=2 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> Her father migrated to Iceland in 1993 and her mother in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=van Wilgenburg|first=Wladimir|author-link=Wladimir van Wilgenburg|date=26 September 2021|title=Kurdish woman becomes youngest person to win seat in Icelandic parliament|url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/25694-Kurdish-woman-becomes-youngest-person-to-win-seat-in-Icelandic-parliament|access-date=2021-09-26|website=]|language=en}}</ref> She went to school in Iceland, but the family returned to ] for three years in 2013.<ref name=":0" /> She is currently a law student at the ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir |author2=Gunnar Hansson |author3=Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir |title=Fann fyrst fyrir rasisma í Háskólanum |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/02/04/fann-fyrst-fyrir-rasisma-i-haskolanum |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=4 February 2021}}</ref>


== Political career == == Political career ==
Lenya Rún advocates for an embetterment of the rights for the ]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|author=Egill Bjarnasson|date=26 September 2021|title=Iceland elects its first female-majority parliament|language=en-US|work=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/iceland-elects-its-first-female-majority-parliament/2021/09/26/9be8cb12-1ec3-11ec-a8d9-0827a2a4b915_story.html|access-date=2021-09-26|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> the ] and a solution of the ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-06|title=From Iceland — Crowded House: Parliamentary Elections In The Pandemic|url=https://grapevine.is/mag/2021/09/06/crowded-house-parliamentary-elections-in-the-pandemic/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=The Reykjavik Grapevine|author=Andie Sophia Fontaine|language=en-US}}</ref> Following the ] on 25 September 2021, it was announced that she had been elected as a member of parliament for the constituency ], winning one of the nine available ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason |title=Afglæpavæðingin og málefni innflytjenda brennur á nýjum og ungum þingmanni |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20212161565d/afglaepavaedingin-og-malefni-innflytjenda-brennur-a-nyjum-og-ungum-thingmanni |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> At the age of 21, she would have been the youngest parliamentarian in the history of Alþingi, 22-days younger than ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ingvar Þór Björnsson |title=Yngsti þingmaðurinn segir þjóðina vera komna með nóg |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/09/26/yngsti-thingmadurinn-segir-thjodina-vera-komna-med-nog |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> However, after a recount in the ] on 26 September, five leveling seats where reshuffled, meaning Lenya Rún and four other candidates lost their seats.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Óttar Kolbeinsson Proppé |title=Þetta voru góðir níu tímar |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20212161882d/-thetta-voru-godir-niu-timar- |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Ingvar Þór Björnsson |title=Væri skrýtið ef Píratar myndu ekki bregðast við |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/09/26/vaeri-skrytid-ef-piratar-myndu-ekki-bregdast-vid |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fer inn í kvöldið með engar væntingar |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2021/09/26/fer_inn_i_kvoldid_med_engar_vaentingar/ |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> Lenya Rún advocates for an embetterment of the rights for the ]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|author=Egill Bjarnasson|date=26 September 2021|title=Iceland elects its first female-majority parliament|language=en-US|newspaper=]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/iceland-elects-its-first-female-majority-parliament/2021/09/26/9be8cb12-1ec3-11ec-a8d9-0827a2a4b915_story.html|access-date=2021-09-26|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> the ] and a solution of the ].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-06|title=From Iceland — Crowded House: Parliamentary Elections In The Pandemic|url=https://grapevine.is/mag/2021/09/06/crowded-house-parliamentary-elections-in-the-pandemic/|access-date=2021-09-26|website=The Reykjavik Grapevine|author=Andie Sophia Fontaine|language=en-US}}</ref> Following the ] on 25 September 2021, it was announced that she had been elected as a member of parliament for the constituency ], winning one of the nine available ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason |title=Afglæpavæðingin og málefni innflytjenda brennur á nýjum og ungum þingmanni |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20212161565d/afglaepavaedingin-og-malefni-innflytjenda-brennur-a-nyjum-og-ungum-thingmanni |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> At the age of 21, she would have been the youngest parliamentarian in the history of Alþingi, 22-days younger than ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ingvar Þór Björnsson |title=Yngsti þingmaðurinn segir þjóðina vera komna með nóg |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/09/26/yngsti-thingmadurinn-segir-thjodina-vera-komna-med-nog |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> However, after a recount in the ] on 26 September, five leveling seats where reshuffled, meaning Lenya Rún and four other candidates lost their seats.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Óttar Kolbeinsson Proppé |title=Þetta voru góðir níu tímar |url=https://www.visir.is/g/20212161882d/-thetta-voru-godir-niu-timar- |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Ingvar Þór Björnsson |title=Væri skrýtið ef Píratar myndu ekki bregðast við |url=https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/09/26/vaeri-skrytid-ef-piratar-myndu-ekki-bregdast-vid |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fer inn í kvöldið með engar væntingar |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2021/09/26/fer_inn_i_kvoldid_med_engar_vaentingar/ |access-date=26 September 2021 |work=] |date=26 September 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>


On 27 December 2021, she took a seat at Alþingi as a deputy member of parliament, temporarily replacing ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Veronika Steinunn Magnúsdóttir |title=Ungar konur taka yfir þingið í dag |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/12/27/ungar_konur_taka_yfir_thingid_i_dag/ |access-date=27 December 2021 |work=] |date=27 December 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref> On 27 December 2021, she took a seat at Alþingi as a deputy member of parliament, temporarily replacing ].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Veronika Steinunn Magnúsdóttir |title=Ungar konur taka yfir þingið í dag |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2021/12/27/ungar_konur_taka_yfir_thingid_i_dag/ |access-date=27 December 2021 |work=] |date=27 December 2021 |language=Icelandic}}</ref>
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Icelandic politician (born 1999)

Lenya Rún Taha Karim
Personal details
Born (1999-12-18) 18 December 1999 (age 25)
Kópavogur, Iceland
Political partyPirate Party

Lenya Rún Taha Karim (born 18 December 1999) is an Icelandic politician for the Pirate Party.

Early life

Lenya Rún was born in Kópavogur in 1999 to Kurdish immigrants. Her father migrated to Iceland in 1993 and her mother in 1996. She went to school in Iceland, but the family returned to Kurdistan for three years in 2013. She is currently a law student at the University of Iceland.

Political career

Lenya Rún advocates for an embetterment of the rights for the asylum seekers the legalization of drugs and a solution of the climate crisis. Following the Icelandic parliamentary election on 25 September 2021, it was announced that she had been elected as a member of parliament for the constituency Reykjavík North, winning one of the nine available leveling seats. At the age of 21, she would have been the youngest parliamentarian in the history of Alþingi, 22-days younger than Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir. However, after a recount in the Northwest constituency on 26 September, five leveling seats where reshuffled, meaning Lenya Rún and four other candidates lost their seats.

On 27 December 2021, she took a seat at Alþingi as a deputy member of parliament, temporarily replacing Andrés Ingi Jónsson.

References

  1. Ágúst Borgþór Sverrisson (2 September 2021). "Lenya Rún er íslenskur frambjóðandi sem verður fyrir rasisma – "Þetta er ekkert nýtt fyrir mig en hefur aldrei stoppað mig"". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  2. ^ van Wilgenburg, Wladimir (26 September 2021). "Kurdish woman becomes youngest person to win seat in Icelandic parliament". Kurdistan24. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. Júlía Margrét Einarsdóttir; Gunnar Hansson; Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir (4 February 2021). "Fann fyrst fyrir rasisma í Háskólanum". RÚV. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. Egill Bjarnasson (26 September 2021). "Iceland elects its first female-majority parliament". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. Andie Sophia Fontaine (6 September 2021). "From Iceland — Crowded House: Parliamentary Elections In The Pandemic". The Reykjavik Grapevine. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  6. Kolbeinn Tumi Daðason (26 September 2021). "Afglæpavæðingin og málefni innflytjenda brennur á nýjum og ungum þingmanni". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. Ingvar Þór Björnsson (26 September 2021). "Yngsti þingmaðurinn segir þjóðina vera komna með nóg". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  8. Óttar Kolbeinsson Proppé (26 September 2021). "Þetta voru góðir níu tímar". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  9. Ingvar Þór Björnsson (26 September 2021). "Væri skrýtið ef Píratar myndu ekki bregðast við". RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  10. "Fer inn í kvöldið með engar væntingar". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  11. Veronika Steinunn Magnúsdóttir (27 December 2021). "Ungar konur taka yfir þingið í dag". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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