Soraya Post

Soraya Viola Heléna Post (born 15 October 1956) is a Swedish politician who was a member of European Parliament from Sweden.

[13] In addition to her committee assignments, Post served as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara,[14] and was an outspoken supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which campaigns for democratic reformation of the United Nations.

[16] Post has Romani ancestry through her mother, and she has been working actively for the rights of Roma people in Sweden and in Europe.

[17][18] Post's eldest daughter entered into an unofficial marriage/Romani engagement at sixteen years of age which was approved by the Romani community.

[19] In 2014, the relationship led to public debate in Sweden where critics accused Post for holding a cultural relativistic position and not opposing child marriages.