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Sultan Nour
Syrian-born politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sultan Nour (Japanese: スルタン・ヌール ; born 20 August 1971[1]) is a Syrian-Japanese politician.[2]
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He is the first Arab Muslim local member of the assembly in Japan.[3][4]
Personal life
Sultan Nour was born in Aleppo, Syria.[5] 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.[6]
In 2001, he moved to Japan and in 2013, he became a Japanese citizen.[6]
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).[5] He got elected town council member of Shōnai on 18 July 2021.[6]
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