Alf Svensson (politician)
Alf Svensson | |
|---|---|
Minister for Development Cooperation | |
| In office 1991–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Lena Hjelm-Wallén |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 October 1938 Adjunkt |
Alf Robert Olof Svensson (born 1 October 1938) is a Swedish politician. He was a
Biography
Svensson was trained as a teacher, and taught Swedish and history at a school in Huskvarna from 1963 until 1973.[2]
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
Svensson resigned as party leader in 2004 and was succeeded by Göran Hägglund, 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
Bibliography
- 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 Piteå 2001 (2001)
- Här kommer Alf Svensson : minnen (2001)
References
- ^ a b c d "Alf Svensson". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ^ Alf Svensson: Om Alf Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2011-08-14 (in Swedish)
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