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Sultan Nour

Sultan Nour

Syrian-born Japanese politician

Sultan Nour (Japanese: スルタン・ヌール ; born 20 August 1971[1]) is a Syrian-Japanese politician.

He is the first Arab Muslim local member of the assembly in Japan.[2]

Personal life

Sultan Nour was born in Aleppo, Syria.[3] He started learning karate at 4 and started to gain interest in Japan. At 12, he moved to Egypt. He graduated from a sports university, and became a national public officer in Egypt.[4]

In 2001, he moved to Japan and in 2013, he became a Japanese citizen.[4]

He married a Syrian woman in 2016, then moved to Shōnai, Yamagata. He has a son, Yashin (Japanese: 矢進) and a daughter, Sana (Japanese: 彩菜).[3] He got elected town council member of Shōnai on 18 July 2021.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "町議会議員一覧". www.town.shonai.lg.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  2. [2]
    "アラブ系イスラム教徒で初 日本の町議会議員に". Arab News (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  3. [3]
    "やまがたニュースオンライン". やまがたニュースオンライン. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  4. [4]
    日本放送協会. "シリア出身エジプト育ち 地方議員の奮闘記". NHK政治マガジン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-05.
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