Ali Esbati

Ali Esbati (Persian: علی اثباتی; born 12 September 1976) is an Iranian-Swedish politician of the Left Party who was a member of the Riksdag from 2014 to 2024. An economist, he was the chairman of Young Left from 2001 to 2004. He was also the economic spokesperson for the Left Party from 2022 to 2024. He became famous for his blogging; his blog Esbatis kommentarer was at one time one of the most popular Swedish political blogs.

Esbati previously lived in Norway, where he held several jobs within the left-wing political sphere. After resigning from his position as the debate and opinion editor of the newspaper Klassekampen, he worked as managing director at the think tank Manifest. He is also a common contributor to several Swedish and Norwegian magazines. Esbati has also been published in a number of books.