Romina Pourmokhtari is a Swedish politician (Liberals) who was appointed as the climate and environment minister in the Kristersson government on 18 October 2022, becoming the youngest person (aged 26) to lead a ministry in the country.Pourmokhtari is of Iranian origin as his father originally hailed from Tabriz in West Azerbaijan, Iran, who later moved to Sweden as a political refugee. [3]The Hindu.She grew up in a well-to-do family in Sundbyberg Parish, Stockholm, Sweden. Romina Pourmokhtari in childhood with her mother.While in school, she studied science and was the President of a student council.She developed an interest in politics through her father, who was a political refugee. In an interview, while describing her childhood memories with her father, Romina said, He has always been able to sit and discuss with me all day. My entire upbringing was marked by the debates with my father, who I almost never agree with but like very much.”.In June 2012, Pourmokhtari started her career as an IT assistant at Eastern Real High School, Stockholm. She worked there for around three months and then resigned from the company.Subsequently, she worked as a waitress at Tehran Grill AB in Stockholm, Sweden, for a year.Romina also worked at Urban Deli, a bar-cum-restaurant in Stockholm, as a waitress for a while.Meanwhile, she also worked as a private tutor at Studybuddy AB, teaching subjects like mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry, and English.In 2014, Romina began working as a campaign worker at the Liberal Youth Association (LUF) in Greater Stockholm. Romina Pourmokhtari as a campaign worker of Liberal Youth Association.