Mazyar Keshvari

Iranian-Norwegian politician Mazyar Keshvari.

Mazyar Keshvari (born March 5, 1981) is an Iranian-Norwegian politician of the Progress Party of Norway.

Keshvari, who was born in Iran, and his family emigrated to Norway in 1986.^[1] He has made his mark in the Norwegian public sphere as a staunch opponent of the Iranian theocracy.^[2] He also supports gay rights and defends the printing of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons.^[3] Skeptical toward non-Western immigration into Norway, Keshvari has stated that immigrants who do not comply with "Norwegian values" should "beat it".^[4]

Keshvari was graduated from the BI Norwegian Business School with a bachelor's degree.^[5] He joined the Youth of the Progress Party in 2001 and chaired its Oslo chapter from 2004 to 2006; he is still a member of its central committee. In 2007, he was elected to Oslo city council.^[6]

Since 2005, Keshvari has been serving as a deputy representative from Oslo to the Norwegian parliament. He was re-elected to a second four-year term running to 2013. ^[7]

References

1. ^ Thorenfeldt, Gunnar (24 July 2007). "- Etisk problematisk å slippe inn flere innvandrere" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2007/07/23/506926.html. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
2. ^ Andreassen, Thorleif (26 February 2008). "- Unge i Norge er lite opptatt av samfunnsdebatten" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20080330234830/http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article2274971.ece. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
3. ^ Lecomte, Bjørn (27 August 2008). "- Folk må få trykke karikaturene" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/ioslo/article2166995.ece. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
4. ^ Lecomte, Bjørn (11 January 2008). "- Liker dere ikke Norge, så stikk" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. http://www.nettavisen.no/innenriks/ioslo/article1533077.ece. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
5. ^ Almendingen, Berit (14 May 2007). "Frp-regjeringen" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/innenriks/article1043357.ece. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
6. ^ Youth of the Progress Party biography
7. ^ "Mazyar Keshvari" (in Norwegian). Stortinget.no. http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=MKE&tab=Biography. 

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Name	Keshvari, Mazyar
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Date of birth	5 March 1981
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