Jonas Sjöstedt
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Jonas Sjöstedt | |
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| Leader of the Left Party | |
| In office 6 January 2012 – 31 October 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Lars Ohly |
| Succeeded by | Nooshi Dadgostar |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 4 October 2010 – 3 November 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Gudrun Nordborg |
| Constituency | Västerbotten County |
| Member of the European Parliament for Sweden | |
| In office 9 October 1995 – 26 September 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 December 1964 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Political party | Left Party |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Party USA |
| Profession | Metalworker |
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.
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] 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]
Ahead of the 2024 European Parliament election, Sjöstedt was chosen as the lead candidate for the Left Party's list.[6]
Personal life[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Jonas Sjöstedt (V) – riksdagen.se". Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sjöstedt to be new Left Party leader – Radio Sweden – Sveriges Radio". Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Jonas Sjöstedt avgår – ställer inte upp för omval" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Nooshi Dadgostar is elected new V-leader". Nord News. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Jonas Sjöstedt och Hanna Gedin i topp på Vänsterpartiets EU-lista". www.vansterpartiet.se (in Swedish). 20 January 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
External links[edit]
Media related to Jonas Sjöstedt at Wikimedia Commons
- Bio at Radio UPF
- EU Constitution: Political centralisation, economic liberalisation, austerity policy and militarization – not much left for the left in EU's constitution by Jonas Sjöstedt 20 February 2005.
- Sjöstedt's website from his time as an MEP. (English Translation).
- European Parliament Voting Record[dead link].
- En vänsterman i New York Västerbottens-Kuriren, 3 December 2006. Interview on adjusting to life in New York City.[dead link]
