Fatim Diarra

Fatim Diarra
Fatim Diarra
Member of the Finnish Parliament; for Helsinki
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 5 April 2023
Personal details
Born	1986 (age 37–38); Vantaa, Finland
Political party	Green League
Website	https://www.fatimdiarra.fi/

Fatim Winshett El Habib Diarra^[1] (born 1986^[2]) is a Finnish politician.

Biography

She was elected to the Parliament of Finland from the Helsinki constituency in the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election.^[3] She has been a city councilor in Helsinki since 2017, and was elected Chair of the City Council of Helsinki in June 2021.^[4] She served as a deputy chairperson of her party Green League from 2019 to 2021.^[5]

Diarra chairs Naisasialiitto Unioni, the oldest feminist organization in Finland, and in June 2021 she was elected to the Board of Administration of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL).^[6]

She is active also in the Black Lives Matter movement and for body positivity.^[7] In the past, Fatim Diarra was active in the scout movement.^[8]

Diarra was born to a Finnish mother and Malian father.^[9]

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^ "Fatim Diarra: Kehotarina". Vihreät Naiset - Gröna Kvinnor (in Finnish). 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
^ "Fatim Diarra: An Activism Journey Rooted in Scouting". www.scout.org. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
^ Paastela, Kaisa (20 August 2019). "Helsinkiläispäättäjä alueiden eriarvoistumisesta: "Vaatii myös uskallusta poliitikoilta"". Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 September 2023.