Muharrem Demirok | |
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Leader of theCentre Party | |
Assumed office 2 February 2023 | |
Preceded by | Annie Lööf |
Member of the Riksdag | |
Assumed office 27 September 2022 | |
Constituency | Östergötland County |
Personal details | |
Born | (1976-10-03)3 October 1976 (age 48) Huddinge, Sweden |
Political party | Centre |
Children | 3 |
Muharrem Daniel Demirok (born 3 October 1976) is a Swedish politician who has been the leader of theCentre Party since 2 February 2023. Additionally, Demirok has been amember of parliament since September 2022.[1]
Demirok was born on 3 October 1976 inHuddinge, Stockholm County, Sweden to a Swedish mother and Turkish father.[2][3][4]
He is a member of theCentre Party.[2] From 2009 to 2022, he served as a municipal council in the municipality ofLinköping.[5] Following the2022 Swedish general election, he became amember of parliament.[3] On 11 January 2023, during the2023 Centre Party leadership election, he was endorsed by the party's election committee as the candidate to succeedAnnie Lööf, the incumbent leader of Centre Party.[2][6] He was appointed party leader on 2 February, during a party meeting inHelsingborg.[7] On February 24, 2025, Muharrem Demirok announced his resignation from his position as party leader and will remain in office until a successor is appointed.[8]
Demirok has been convicted for two counts of assault, for which he received fines and did community service. The first assault took place in 1995 with another student during his high school studies. The second assault happened in 1999, when he ended up in an altercation with another student at a university party inLinköping.[9][10] He is in a cohabitating partnership and has three children.[4]
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Preceded by | Chairman of theCentre Party 2023–present | Incumbent |