Medine Sara Borita Gille formerly Seppälä (born 8 September 1981) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Riksdag for Sweden Democrats party.

Biography

Gille was born in Sweden, her mother is Swedish while her father is Kurdish, but she was mostly raised in foster care. She graduated with a degree in medicine and worked as a nurse in a hospital and an assisted living facility.

Sara Gille

She has been active in politics since 2014. She has described honour violence and forced marriages as issues which inspired her to take an interest in becoming a politician, having relatives who were subjected to both and has called for both practices to be outlawed in Sweden.

Sara Gille

During the 2018 Swedish general election, she was elected to the Riksdag for the seat of Malmö Municipality. In parliament, she has served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Education. She was reelected during the 2022 Swedish general election but for the Dalarna county constituency. She took parental leave after her election and was replaced by Rasmus Giertz as a member of parliament.

Sara Gille

Outside of politics she lives in Dorotea with her family and cites skiing and riding snowmobiles as her main interests.

References

1981 births

Living people

Members of the Riksdag from the Sweden Democrats

Swedish people of Kurdish descent

Swedish politicians of Kurdish descent

Kurdish politicians

People from Haninge Municipality

People from Dorotea Municipality

Women members of the Riksdag

Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022

Members of the Riksdag 2022–2026

21st-century Swedish women politicians

21st-century Kurdish women politicians