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Athar Ali (politician)

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Athar Ali (born 5 March 1961 in Panjan Kasana, Gujrat) is a Pakistani Norwegian who has represented the Norwegian political party Red.

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo during the term 1993–1997. He was the first non-Western immigrant to meet as a parliamentary representative; the first to get elected as a regular representative was Afshan Rafiq.

Ali was a member of Oslo municipality council from 1987 to 1995 and 1999 to 2003. He is founder and head of the Norwegian Immigrants Forum. Ali is a graduate in social work. He works as a clinical social worker.

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  • "Athar Ali" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  • Oslo city council biography (in Norwegian)