Göran Persson

Göran Persson
Born	Hans Göran Persson 20 January 1949 Vingåker, Södermanland, Sweden
Alma mater	Örebro University College
Religion	Lutheran
Spouse	Gunnel Claesson
Founder of	International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
Member of	European Council on Tolerance and Reconciliation
Party	Swedish Social Democratic Party
Prime Minister of Sweden  In office 22 March 1996 - 6 October 2006 Deputy Laila Freivalds Preceded by Ingvar Carlsson Succeeded by Fredrik Reinfeldt  Swedish Social Democratic Party/Leader In office 22 March 1996 - 17 March 2007 Preceded by Ingvar Carlsson Succeeded by Mona Sahlin  Sweden/Minister for Finance In office 7 October 1994 - 22 March 1996  Sweden/Minister for Schools In office 12 March 1989 - 4 October 1991  Member of the Swedish Parliament for Södermanland County In office 1 October 1979 - 11 June 1985  Member of the Swedish Parliament for Södermanland County In office 5 October 1991 - 30 April 2007

Göran Persson was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. He was Minister for Schools from 1989 to 1991 in Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson’s first and second cabinets. From 1994 to 1996, Persson served as Minister for Finance in Ingvar Carlsson’s third cabinet.

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