Roger Haddad

Roger Haddad
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 September 2026
ConstituencyVästmanland County
In office
2010–2022
ConstituencyVästmanland County
Personal details
Born (1978-03-25) 25 March 1978 (age 48)
Beirut, Lebanon
PartyLiberals

Roger Haddad (born 25 March 1978) is a Swedish politician from the Liberals. He was a member of the Riksdag from 2010 to 2022, elected for the Västmanland County constituency. After the 2026 Swedish general election, he was again elected as a member of the Riksdag for the Liberals.

Early life

Haddad was born in Beirut, Lebanon.

Education

Haddad holds a Master of Social Science in political science. He was previously involved in student politics both locally and nationally, and was a board member (1998-2000) and vice chairman (2000-2001) of the Student Union in Sundsvall, as well as a board member of the Swedish National Union of Students (2000-2001).

Local politics

During the 2002–2006 term of office, Haddad was a deputy in the Västerås city council and a member of the education committee and the committee for the disabled. Since 2006, he has been a member of the Västerås city council, having received the most personal election votes. Haddad was a municipal councilor for the People's Party in Västerås from 2006 to 2010. He was chairman of the education committee (from 1 January 2008 the education and labour market committee) from 2006 to 2010. During his time as a municipal councilor, he also took the initiative for a council for Roma issues in the municipality.

He was group leader for the Folkpartiet in Västerås in 2010.

National politics

Haddad has been a member of his party's board since 2007. He was elected as a member of parliament for the Liberal People's Party in the 2010 Swedish general election by being personally elected and entered into the Swedish Parliament.

In the Riksdag, Haddad was Vice Chair of the Committee on Education (2018–2021), and First Vice Chair of the Committee on the Labour Market (2021–2022). He was previously a member of the Education Committee (2012–2014), the Labour Market Committee (2014–2015), and the Committee on Justice (2015–2018).

Haddad was the Liberal Party's labour market policy spokesperson from 2021 to 2022. He was the party's school policy spokesperson from 2019 to 2021. He was the party's spokesperson on legal policy issues from 2015 to 2018. In 2010, Haddad formed a network in the Riksdag to focus on Roma issues.

In the 2022 Swedish general election, he ran again for the Riksdag, but was unseated as the Liberals lost their mandate in the Västmanland County constituency. In the 2026 Swedish general election, he once again ran for parliament and was elected as a member of parliament in the Västmanland County constituency.

Other activities

On 23 January 2011, Haddad was elected to the Västmanland Academy in chair no. 17. On 1 April 2011, the government appointed Haddad as a member of the board of the Swedish National Police Board. He held this position until April 2015. He has also been active in the Swedish-Burma Committee, where he was a board member (2003-2006) and chairman (2006-2007).

References

  1. ↑ "Roger Haddad (L)". Sveriges riksdag. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  2. ↑ Haddad är invald som ordinarie ledamot av Sveriges riksdag för Västmanlands läns valkrets. Valkretsen framgår av riksdagens protokoll 2010/11:1 (§ 2), 2014/15:1 (§ 2) respektive 2018/19:1 (§ 2).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Roger Haddad (L)". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-10-18.
  4. ↑ "Personval stärker konservativa i KD". Sveriges television (SVT). 23 September 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Kommunfullmäktiges ledamöter". Västerås stad. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Roger Haddad (L)". Sveriges riksdag. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Västeråsalliansen vill satsa på romer". P4 Västmanland. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Haddad ny gruppledare för FP". P4 Västmanland. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Personval stärker konservativa i KD". Sveriges television (SVT). 23 September 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Roger Haddad". Liberalerna. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nya talespersoner". Liberalerna. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Liberalernas rättspolitiska talesperson kräver förklaring av polischefen". Sveriges television (SVT). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Nätverk för romska frågor startar". P4 Västmanland. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Sweden's general election: Winners, losers, and what happens next - LSE European Politics". LSE European Politics. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
  15. ↑ "Roger Haddad (L)". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-09-28.

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