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Romina Pourmokhtari Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 1, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth12 November 1995

Age27 Years

BirthplaceSundbyberg Parish, Stockholm, Sweden

ProfessionPolitician

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyFather - Ibrahim Pourmokhtari; Mother - name not listed

Romina Pourmokhtari Biography

Romina Pourmokhtari is a Swedish politician from the Liberals who, at age 26, became Sweden’s youngest cabinet minister when she was appointed Minister for

Early life and background

Romina Pourmokhtari was born on 12 November 1995 in Sundbyberg Parish, Stockholm. She grew up in the Stockholm area and completed her secondary schooling at Blackebergs Gymnasium. She later studied political science at Uppsala University. Her father, Ibrahim Pourmokhtari, came to Sweden from Tabriz in Iran as a political refugee; Romina has described political debate at home as an important influence on her interest in public affairs.

Career

Pourmokhtari’s first jobs included short-term roles as an IT assistant and a series of service positions in Stockholm, including restaurant work and private tutoring. She entered active politics as a campaign worker for the Liberal Youth Association (LUF) in Greater Stockholm in 2014 and quickly became a visible figure within the party’s youth organisation.

In 2016 she was elected to the board of the Liberal Youth of Sweden and began working as a political adviser for the Liberals, focusing on cultural issues in the Stockholm region. She served as a political adviser for roughly three years and rose through the youth ranks: first vice president of LUF in 2018 and president in 2019. During her time leading the youth organisation she voiced policy positions on issues such as defence and migration.

Pourmokhtari broadened her civic engagement beyond party roles, serving on the board of RFSU, the Swedish sexual education organisation, from 2021. In the run-up to the 2022 parliamentary elections she stood for the Liberals on the Stockholm County and Stockholm Municipality lists, placed sixth on both, and was elected to the Riksdag in September 2022.

On 18 October 2022 Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson appointed Pourmokhtari as Minister for Climate and the Environment in his government. At 26 she became the youngest person to lead a ministry in Sweden. Her appointment attracted attention in the Swedish press because her previous work had not focused on climate policy.

Public profile

Pourmokhtari is identified with the Liberal party and has worked on issues including education, feminism, integration and measures to prevent honour-related oppression. She has been active in efforts to engage young and first-time voters, taking part in initiatives to encourage political participation.

She is multilingual, with competence in French, English, Persian, Swedish and Azerbaijani. Outside politics she has written a book titled Chicken Nuggets På Krita, published in 2022, and enjoys reading. She has been recognised in lists that highlight influential young politicians, including being named by one Swedish newspaper among the country’s most powerful politicians under 30 in January 2022.

Latest updates

In September 2022 Pourmokhtari stepped down as president of the Liberal Youth Association to take her seat in the Riksdag. The following month she entered the Kristersson government as climate and environment minister. Her name has appeared in public discussions about Sweden’s response to international events; she voiced support for the 2022 protests in Iran after the death of Mahsa Amini.

Personal

Pourmokhtari is unmarried and from an ethnically Azerbaijani background. She has hazel-green eyes and brown hair, and is listed at approximately 167 cm (5 ft 6 in). She is reported to have a pet dog. Her parents include her father, Ibrahim Pourmokhtari; her mother’s name is not listed in the available material.

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Recent Work

Minister for Climate and the Environment

Appointed to the Kristersson government as climate and environment minister on 18 October 2022; became the youngest person to lead a Swedish ministry.

2022
Chicken Nuggets På Krita

Author of a book published by Timbro förlag.

2022
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Career Highlights

  1. Joined Liberal Youth Association in Greater Stockholm as a campaign worker (May 2014)
  2. Elected to the board of Liberal Youth of Sweden (2016)
  3. Served as political adviser for the Liberals in Stockholm (from October 2016)
  4. First Vice President of Liberal Youth Association (2018)
  5. President of Liberal Youth Association (2019)
  6. Elected member of the Swedish Riksdag (September 2022)
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