Office: | Chairperson of the Naunce Party |
Term Start: | August 2019 |
Predecessor: | Post established |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1982 |
Birth Place: | Kizıltepe, Turkey |
Party: | Nuance Party (2019-present) |
Mikail Yüksel (born 10 September 1982 in Kızıltepe, Turkey) is a Swedish and Turkish politician in Sweden.[1] He is the founder and leader of the minority friendly Nuance Party, which focuses on Sweden's Muslim population.[2]
Yüksel was formerly a member of the Centre Party but was expelled in 2018 after being in touch with the ultra-nationalist Turkish organization Gray Wolves.[3] In 2019, he founded the Nuance Party, a party which claims to represent minorities in Sweden. In 2023, Yüksel stated that one of the main goals of the Nuance Party is to remove Hamas from the EU terrorist list.[4]