Aslam Ahsan

Aslam Ahsan

Mohammed Aslam Ahsan Chaudhary (born 1942) is a Pakistani Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Born in Punjab, British India, he migrated to Sweden in May 1971 and to Oslo, Norway in August the same year. He took a job in the industry, and became active in his trade union. He eventually became involved in local politics, and was elected to serve in Lørenskog municipal council in 1983,cite news |first=Tarjei |last=Skirbekk |title=Et liv i kontraster |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/1.4159156 |work=NRK |date=28 November 2007 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2008-09-15 ] as one of the first Asian immigrants to Norway.

He later became known nationwide as a debater in the public sphere, and won the Fritt Ord prize for freedom of expression in 2002.b]

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