Solange Olame Bayibsa (born 7 August 1987) is a Tanzanian-born Swedish politician from the Swedish Social Democratic Party. She was a member of parliament from 2020 to 2021 (serving as a substitute) and 2022 (serving as a Cabinet substitute), elected for the Stockholm County constituency.

Solange Olame Bayibsa
Member of the Riksdag
In office
26 September 2022 – 18 October 2022
ConstituencyStockholm County
Personal details
Born (1987-08-07) 7 August 1987 (age 37)
Tanzania
Political partySocial Democratic Party

In 2015, she became the first Afro-Swedish person to lead a municipality.[1]

Bayibsa ran in the 2018 and 2022 parliamentary elections, and became a substitute. She was acting deputy in the Riksdag for Mathias Tegnér from 1 December 2020–31 May 2021 and for Alexandra Völker from 1 June–30 November 2021 as well as acting deputy for Mikael Damberg from 26 September–18 October 2022.

In the Riksdag, Bayibsa was a member of the Committee on Finance.

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  1. ^ Radio, Sveriges (2015-12-30). "Från politisk flykting till kommunpamp - Verkligheten i P3". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-10-17.
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