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Swedish politician
Alf Robert Olof Svensson
(born 1 October 1938) is a Swedish politician. He was a
Member of the European Parliament
from 2009 to 2014.
[1]
Svensson was the leader of the
Christian Democrats in Sweden
between 1973 and 3 April 2004.
[1]
He was a
Member of Parliament
from 1985 to 1988, and again from 1991 until his election to the European Parliament in 2009.
[1]
Between 1991 and 1994 he was Minister for Development Cooperation in the liberal-conservative
Cabinet
led by Prime Minister
Carl Bildt
.
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Biography
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Svensson was trained as a teacher, and taught
Swedish
and history at a school in
Huskvarna
from 1963 until 1973.
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He was a member of the
Christian Democrats
from the party's foundation in 1964; he was also one of the founders of its youth wing,
Young Christian Democrats
, in 1966, and was its chairman from 1970 to 1973. In 1973 he became the leader of the party, after its first leader
Birger Ekstedt
had died in 1972.
At the
1985 elections
the Christian Democrats, which had so far not won any parliamentary representation, entered into an election alliance with the
Centre Party
. Owing to this Svensson won a seat in the
Riksdag
(parliament), making him the first Christian Democrat MP, but disappointingly for the party this was its only such success. At the
1988 elections
the alliance had been dissolved, and the Christian Democrats failed to get enough votes to enter the parliament on its own. At the
1991 elections
the party secured the election of 26 MPs, and Svensson received the cabinet post of Minister for Development Cooperation in
a four-party coalition government
under the leadership of
Carl Bildt
.
Svensson resigned as party leader in 2004 and was succeeded by
Goran Hagglund
, but remained in parliament. In the
2009 election to the European Parliament
, he was elected an MEP and left the Riksdag.
Svensson, whose leadership of the Christian Democrats lasted over three decades (1973?2004), is a firm supporter of the
European Union
and its
Economic and Monetary Union
, unlike many of his
voters
who are in general more sceptical about the introduction of the
euro
.
Bibliography
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- Poletik
(1990)
- I valet och talet : fem tal
(1999)
- I valet och talet. Del 2, Sju tal
(2000)
- Tal av Alf Svensson vid rikstinget i Pitea 2001
(2001)
- Har kommer Alf Svensson : minnen
(2001)
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