had the lead defense on several largest drug cases in Norwegian history. While working as a lawyer, Raja also took advantage of the position a famous lawyer gets by advocating civil rights for all, defending poor peoples rights and helping ethnic minorities fight injustice. Diplomat In 2008, Raja was appointed by the Norwegian Government, King in Council, to be office bearer as Board Leader of Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board (official site), equivalent to a judge in a refugee court. After this he also served as Police Prosecutor at the National Police Immigration Service, and was later posted as a diplomat at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi, India. Parliament A member of the Norwegian Liberal Party, he was at the end of 2012 nominated as the top candidate for Akershus Venstre in the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election. He is thus the first person in Norwegian politics with minority background to be nominated at top of a ballot-list for National parliament election. He was elected to the Storting in September 2013 for a four-year term. In June 2016, he was re-nominated by the Akershus Liberal Party as their top-candidate for the general election that were held in September 2017. Minister Following the Progress Party's withdrawal from government in January 2020, Raja was appointed Minister of Culture and Sports, succeeding his party leader Trine Skei Grande, who had been appointed Minister of Education. One of his first major cases as minister, was to deal with restrictions regarding the spread of COVID-19 in the country regarding sports. Measures that where applied, were that football and other sports with audiences, should not have fully packed tribunes and that players should keep distance while playing. By May, the government lifted restrictions and allowed children's football to be in close contact while playing, effective 15 June. The month after, he expressed shock after learning that the NIF had lacked to make reports and work more effectively against racism. He demanded that they'd make a report on racism. The NIF expressed appreciation for Raja's initiative and that they will work constructively together to fight racism in sports. In July, the government allowed for foreign film production to take place in Norway, with Raja himself approving that Tom Cruise and the crew of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One being allowed to shoot in Møre og Romsdal in August. In mid-August, he announced his final decision