| Abdirizak Waberi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Swedish parliament for Gothenburg Municipality | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2010 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 May 1966 Somalia |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Website | Official website |
Abdirizak Waberi (born 7 May 1966 in Somalia) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician. He is member of the Swedish parliament since the 2010 election, representing the Gothenburg Municipality constituency.[1] In the parliament he is a deputy member of the Committee on Defence.[1]
Waberi is chairman of the organizations Islamic Association in Sweden, Muslim Political Forum and Islamic Schools of Sweden.[2] He is also a member of the board of the Muslim Council of Sweden.[2] He works as principal of the criticised Islamic private school Römosseskolan in Gothenburg[3], which has been the target of criticism from the Swedish School Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen). The critique lists among other things that female pupils have consistently been given low grades despite the fact that female pupils on average in Sweden perform slightly better than males. [4]
Waberi lives in Angered, Gothenburg. He is married with five children.[5]