1993, a member of the Democratic Party, the only member of Congress of Assyrian descent. Esabelle Dingizian (born in Baghdad in 1962), Swedish Green Party politician, member of the Riksdag since 2006. Murad Artin (born 6 January 1960 in Iraq), Swedish politician and Left Party member who worked in the Riksdag from 1998 to 2002 Les Gara, Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 23rd District since 2003. Franso Hariri (1937–February 18, 2001), Assyrian politician, high ranking and long-standing Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq member and head of the KDP block of Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly. Fawzi Hariri (1958 Arbil, Iraq), Iraq's Minister of Industry and Minerals, sworn in on May 20, 2006. David Marshall (Singaporean politician) (12 March 1908 – 12 December 1995), politician and lawyer from Singapore who served as Singapore's first Chief Minister from 1955 to 1956. Born into an Orthodox Jewish family descended from Indian Baghdadi Jews in Singapore. Sports personalities Bassim Abbas, footballer Gezi Cohen (born 1938), Israeli Olympic weightlifter Fareed Lafta (Arabic:, فريد لفتة), Iraqi pilot and athlete, the first qualified cosmonaut from Iraq, and has appeared in Guinness World Records for participating in the first skydive above Mount Everest. Ali Adnan Kadhim, Iraqi footballer who plays as a left back for the Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer (MLS). Adnan was the 2013 Asian Young Footballer of the Year and often referred to as "Asia's Gareth Bale.” Haidar Abdul-Razzaq, footballer Yaser Kasim, Yaser was born 10 May 1991 in Baghdad. He is an Iraqi footballer who plays as Midfielder for Swindon Town F.C. in English League One. Ahmed Yasin Ghani, Iraqi footballer who plays as a midfielder for Örebro SK. His nickname is Örebro Talent, in Iraq he is also known as the Iraqi Cristiano Ronaldo. Haidar Aboodi, footballer Nashat Akram (born 12 September 1984 in Al Hillah, Babylon, Iraq), Iraqi professional footballer who plays for Dalian Aerbin in the Chinese Super League. Najah Ali, Iraqi boxer who qualified for the 2004 Olympics in Athens Adnan Al-Kaissie, professional wrestler Abdul Wahid Aziz, Iraqi weightlifter, who won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Ammo Baba, former Iraqi international football player and coach of the Iraq national football team. Youra Eshaya, footballer Faisal Faisal, footballer Basil Gorgis, footballer Jassim Muhammad Haji, footballer Humam Tariq, footballer Falah Hassan, footballer Louay Salah Hassan, footballer Khaldoun Ibrahim, footballer Salih