Hussein al-Taee

Hussein al-Taee or Abu Gilel al-Taie (Arabic: حسين الطائي‎, romanized: Ḥusayn aṭ-Ṭā’ī; born 19 May 1983[1]) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Social Democratic Party of Finland at the Uusimaa constituency. al-Taee was elected to the Parliament in spring 2019.

Hussein al-Taee in July 2016

Al-Taee has a strong background in peace building and mediation. Previously he worked as an advisor at the Finnish peace broker organization Crisis Management Initiative (CMI).[2]

Al-Taee holds a master's degree in international management.

Early life

Al-Taee was born in Baghdad. He moved to Finland as a quota refugee in 1993.[3]

Political career

Al-Taee was elected to the Parliament on SDP's ticket in parliamentary elections 2019 .[4]. al-Taee is a member of Commerce Committee and Environment Committee in Parliament. He also serves in Fortum's Stakeholder Advisory Board. [5]


After the elections, civil rights activist Anter Yaşa published on his blog screenshots of al-Taee's writings on Facebook. Iltalehti and The Jerusalem Post claimed that Yaşa assume al-Taee's posts are pro-Iran and antisemitic.[6][7][8] Al-Taee has worked as an administrator of the "Gazan sota - Lähi-idän tilanne - uutisseuranta" named Facebook group.[6][7]

Finnish media, like STT, has tried to find if the screenshots are true. Al-Taee denied his posts and called them as a smear attack. He stated that he recognizes part of his posts as his own, but does not remember written all of his old postings.[7] CMI stated that those posts were falsified.[9] Later al-Taee recognized that those screenshots were in fact real.[10]

Personal life

Al-Taee is married and has three children.[11]

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gollark: *By agreeing to this document you agree that your soul shall be given to Bill Gates, or Microsoft if he is unable to accept it.*
gollark: We should submit Right to be Forgotten requests to TMPiM.

References
  1. https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1397.aspx
  2. "Etusivu, CMI". CMI. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  3. Ängeslevä, Päivi (12 December 2015). "Hussein Al-Taee kertoo, miksi irakilaiset nuoret miehet pettyivät Suomessa sydänjuuriaan myöten". Suomen Kuvalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 November 2019. ... 1993 ... hän saapui Valkeakoskelle ... Isä Asaad Al-Taee oli halunnut perheensä kiintiöpakolaisiksi Suomeen ...
  4. "Rauhanneuvottelija Hussein al-Taee SDP:n ehdokkaaksi: "Nyt haluan panna itseni peliin myös lähtemällä päätöksentekoon"". 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  5. "Kansanedustajat". Eduskunta. Eduskunta.
  6. "SDP:n uusi kansanedustaja kovien syytösten alaisena - väitteiden mukaan toivoi presidenttien tappamista ja vihjaili Yhdysvaltojen terrorikytköksistä: "Olen sanonut typeryyksiä"". Iltalehti.fi. 2019-04-18.
  7. ""Enkä itse näe suurta eroa Israelin valtion ja Isisin välillä"  –  kansanedustajaksi valittu al-Taee pyytää anteeksi kirjoituksiaan". Iltasanomat.fi. 2019-04-18.
  8. "Finnish MP under fire for comparing Israel to ISIS". 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  9. Miikka Hujanen (2019-04-26). "HS: Demarien al-Taee myöntää, että on voinut kirjoittaa parjaavia kommentteja juutalaisista, kurdeista, sunneista ja homoista". Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  10. Olli Waris (2019-04-29). "Sdp:n Hussein al-Taee selittää nyt kohuttuja kirjoituksiaan homoista, juutalaisista, sunneista ja somaleista: "Ei sanoja häpeälle, kuvakaappaukset valitettavasti aitoja"". Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  11. Mirja Kivimäki. "Lapsuus pommien keskellä, aikuisuus konfliktinratkaisutyössä". mtv.fi. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
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