Samira Nawa (RV)

Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities (appointed June 3rd 2026).

Civil status

Samira Nawa, born March 30, 1988, in Aalborg, daughter of civil engineer and Ph.D. Bashir Ahmad Nawa and senior physician Mahbooba Speher Nawa. Married to Naweed Amini. The couple has two children, Zakarias and Sofia.

Term of Office

Member of the Danish Parliament for the Danish Social Liberal Party in the Copenhagen Constituency since June 5, 2019.
Candidate for the Danish Social Liberal Party in the Nørrebro Constituency since 2016.
Candidate for the Danish Social Liberal Party in the Bispebjerg Constituency, 2014–2015.
Candidate for the Danish Social Liberal Party in the Sundbyøster Constituency, 2012–2013.

Parliamentary career

Spokesperson on Employment since 2024.
Spokesperson on Finance since 2022.
Spokesperson on Climate, Energy, and Utilities since 2022.
Deputy Chair of the Danish Social Liberal Party’s parliamentary group from 2022.
Tax spokesperson from 2022.
Gender Equality spokesperson from 2019.
Transport spokesperson, 2022–2024.
IT spokesperson, 2022–2023.
Vice Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee, 2021–2022.
Spokesperson for Employment, 2019–2022.

Education

Master of Science in Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2007–2014.
Single-subject course, University of Hyderabad, 2012.