Lorena Delgado Varas | |
|---|---|
 Delgado Varas in May 2024 | |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 24 September 2018 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lorena Olivia Delgado Varas 1974 (age 51–52) |
| Party | Future Left (since 2025) |
| Other political affiliations | Left Party (until 2025) |
| Alma mater | KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
Lorena Olivia Delgado Varas (born 1974) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag. Formerly a member of the Left Party, she has represented Stockholm Municipality since September 2018.
Early life and education
[edit]Delgado Varas is the daughter of mechanical engineer Daniel Delgado and preschool teacher Olivia Varas Acosta.[1] She was educated in Temuco in Chile and studied chemical engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.[1] She was quality assistant at Fresenius Kabi in 2010 and has been a quality engineer at AstraZeneca since 2011.[1]
Political career
[edit]Delgado Varas began her political career as a member of the municipal council in Stockholm Municipality between 2014 and 2018.[1] In the 2018 Swedish general election, she was elected to the Riksdag, Sweden's parliament and national legislature, in the Stockholm Municipality constituency.[1] She was re-elected in the 2022 Swedish general election.[1] Delgado Varase was excluded by the Left Party's parliamentary group in 2025 after she shared an allegedly antisemitic picture and refused to resign as Member of the Riksdag, and instead resigned as a member of the party.[2][3][4] Her resignation coincided with the exclusion of Daniel Riazat.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Ledamöter & partier: Lorena Delgado Varas (V)" (in Swedish). Stockholm, Sweden: Riksdag. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (8 May 2025). "Här kommer Lorena Delgado Varas hamna – följ med till vildarnas korridor". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ^ Hedlund, Viktor (8 May 2025). "Lorena Delgado Varas kritiserar V – sitter kvar i riksdagen". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (22 April 2025). "Lorena Delgado Varas (V) utreds inte efter antisemitisk bild". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2025.
- ^ Ekspong, Ida Palm; Ohlin, Jonas; Ingmo, Daniel (24 August 2025). "Daniel Riazat och Lorena Delgado Varas lämnar V – blir kvar i riksdagen" [Daniel Riazat and Lorena Delgado leaves V - remains in the Riksdag]. SVT (in Swedish).
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