Islam Alijaj (Albanian pronunciation: [isˈlam ˈalijaj]; born 18 June 1986) is a Swiss disability activist and politician serves member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Social Democratic Party since being elected in the 2023 Swiss federal election held on 23 October 2023.

[3][4][5] Alijaj was born 1986 in Herec near Gjakova, FPR Yugoslavia (presently Kosovo).

His ethnically Albanian parents immigrated to Switzerland as seasonal workers in 1987 when he was one year old.

[6][7] He has cerebral palsy following a lack of oxygen at birth and therefore also suffers from speech problems.

Both the company that trained him and the disability insurance encouraged him not to continue his studies by passing a professional maturity, believing that he would have no chance on the ordinary job market.