Zaida Catalán

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Zaida Catalán (6 October 1980 – March 2017) was a Swedish politician who was a member of the Green Party and leader of the Young Greens of Sweden between 2001 and 2005.[1] She was known for her work in animal rights, equality and the sex purchase law (which she supported). She was killed while on a UN mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March 2017.

Biography

Early life

Zaida Catalán was born in Stockholm but grew up in Högsby in Småland.[2] Her mother was Swedish while her father had come to Sweden as a political refugee from Chile in 1975.[3] She studied law at Stockholm University, obtaining a Master of Law degree.[4]

Political career

With a background as an animal rights activist she in 2001 became the leader of the Young Greens of Sweden. After two years as the leader of the organisation along with Gustav Fridolin and two years along with Einar Westergaard, she resigned as leader of the Young Greens in 2005.[3]

In late 2008 she announced her candidacy for the European Parliament for 2009.[5] After an internal voting within the party she came fifth in the party's list for the parliament. After her personal campaign she received 16,300 in the election, which wasn't enough to get a place in the European Parliament.[6][5] After the Swedish general election in 2006 she was part of the Stockholm City Council for the Green Party.[5]

In December 2010 Catalán announced that she was to leave her work as a lawyer for the Green Party's parliamentary group and she was to start work as an expert on sexual violence for the European Union police work EUPOL in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[7][8]

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