Jonas Sjöstedt

Jonas Sjöstedt (born 25 December 1964) is a Swedish politician who was the chairman of the Left Party from 2012 until 2020, and a former metalworker.[1][2] He is also a member of the Swedish parliament since 2010.

Jonas Sjöstedt

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Jonas Sjöstedt speaking at the International Workers' Day March of the Swedish Left Party in Gothenburg 2019
Leader of the Left Party
In office
6 January 2012 – 31 October 2020
Preceded byLars Ohly
Succeeded byNooshi Dadgostar
Member of the Swedish Parliament
for Västerbotten County
Assumed office
2010
Member of the European Parliament
for Sweden
In office
9 October 1995 – 26 September 2006
Personal details
Born (1964-12-25) 25 December 1964
Gothenburg, Sweden
Political partyLeft Party
Other political
affiliations		Socialist
ProfessionMetalworker
Websitejonassjostedt.se

Sjöstedt was born in Gothenburg. He became politically active as a union leader in the Umeå Volvo plant in the early 1990s. Despite being opposed to Swedish membership of the European Union, he was elected Member of the European Parliament in 1995 for the Left Party as part of the European United Left-Nordic Green Left. He remained in that position until he stood down in September 2006. He was elected as a member in the Parliament of Sweden in 2010, representing Västerbotten. In the election, he was placed number one on the Left Party list (which generally receives one representative in this constituency), and was elected in a personal landslide of one third of all preference votes (a plurality above 8% being sufficient for a one seat-party).[3]

In January 2020 Sjöstedt announced his intention to resign as the Left Party's leader at their congress in May, saying he wants to spend more time with his family who is currently living in Vietnam. [4] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the congress was postponed, and Sjöstedt remained as party leader until the congress could be held on 31 October 2020, when Nooshi Dadgostar was elected as his successor.[5]

Living in New York City from 2006 to 2010, Sjöstedt is also a member of the Socialist Party USA. He writes for Swedish leftist publications, radio, and print columns, as well as works of history and fiction. He is married to Swedish diplomat Ann Måwe, who was part of the Swedish delegation to the United Nations.

References
  1. Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Jonas Sjöstedt (V) – riksdagen.se". Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. "De ska leda Vänsterpartiet" (Press release) (in Swedish). Left Party. 6 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  3. "Sjöstedt to be new Left Party leader – Radio Sweden – Sveriges Radio". Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  4. "Jonas Sjöstedt avgår – ställer inte upp för omval" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. "Nooshi Dadgostar is elected new V-leader". Nord News. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Lars Ohly		 Chairman of the Left Party
2012–2020		 Succeeded by
Nooshi Dadgostar
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