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    Hans Göran Persson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjœ̂ːran ˈpæ̌ːʂɔn] ; born 20 January 1949) is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden...
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  • Swedish linguist and literary historian Göran Mårtensson (born 1960), Swedish Army lieutenant general Göran Persson (born 1949), Swedish politician, former...
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    Göran Persson served as Prime Minister of Sweden between 22 March 1996 and 6 October 2006. Persson took over after Ingvar Carlsson, who retired as party...
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    Hospital. Anna Lindh had been seen as a likely candidate to succeed Göran Persson as Social Democratic party leader. Her greatest commitment was to international...
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    Karl-Johan Erling Göran Persson (born 25 March 1975) is a Swedish billionaire businessman. He is chairman of the fashion company Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)...
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  • Persson was referred to as Göran Persson of Simrishamn in the Riksdag between 2002 and 2007 to avoid confusion with the then prime minister Göran Persson...
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  • serial killing, which scared Swedish immigrants, whom he targeted. Göran Persson of the Social Democrats became Prime Minister in 1996, a post he would...
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    wife of former Prime Minister Göran Persson. Steen held various governmental roles since 1989: state secretary for Persson-led Ministry of Education and...
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  • minister for agriculture, food and consumer affairs in the Cabinet of Göran Persson. She holds a bachelor of Arts in economics from the Stockholm School...
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    and the task was assigned to the newly appointed Minister of Finance Göran Persson. The ensuing governing period was difficult and it was strongly criticized...
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    leader of the Social Democratic Party on 17 March 2007, succeeding Göran Persson who resigned as leader following the defeat in the 2006 general election...
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  • Sweden—was publicly assassinated in Stockholm. As Lindh was to succeed Göran Persson in the party leadership, her death was deeply disruptive to the party...
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    Prime Minister Göran Persson unexpectedly named him to succeed Erik Åsbrink as Minister for Finance in 1999. On 21 October 2004 Göran Persson announced a...
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    Henriksson is president and CEO, while former Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson is chairman. Swedbank is one of the primary banks in Sweden, together...
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    Rationalisation Institute for the Health and Social Services. When Prime Minister Göran Persson appointed her, on 21 October 2002, she was the secretary-general of...
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    government and the Social Democratic governments Palme II, Carlsson I-III and Persson. While Mona Sahlin might well have been described as something of a...
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    following years, she worked in the private sector. In 2004, Prime Minister Göran Persson appointed Johansson to the government in a new position, as Minister...
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    Democrat leader and Prime Minister Göran Persson portrayed his opponent as a classic conservative in disguise. Persson stated that, if put into power, the...
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    Swedish Social Democratic Party, he had been Minister of Defence in Göran Persson's government between 1997 and 2002, preceded by a short term as Minister...
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    organization was founded by the then sitting Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson in 1998. From 26–28 January 2000, the Stockholm International Forum...
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    co-ordination and state secretary and chief of staff to the prime minister, Göran Persson, 1997–2002. Toda,[when?] Nuder is the chairman of the Third Swedish...
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    Minister for Business and Industry from 2002 to 2004 under Prime Minister Göran Persson. After this, he held the position of Consul General of Sweden in New...
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    Economics. She has served as an adviser and director of planning in Göran Persson's administration and as an adviser to Mona Sahlin. After the 2014 Swedish...
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    supply agreement with the Left Party and the Green Party, Prime Minister Göran Persson was able to remain in his position for a third consecutive term as a...
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  • Board of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. In 1996 Prime Minister Göran Persson made her a minister. She first served in the Ministry of Labour, from...
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    Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt to declare himself the victor and for Göran Persson to announce his resignation as Prime Minister and as leader of the Social...
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  • SIDA conference – he was able to maintain the trust of prime minister Göran Persson and keep his place in the Cabinet. His appointment as acting Minister...
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  • Jöran Persson, alternatively Göran Persson (c. 1530 – September 1568), was King Eric XIV of Sweden's favorite, most trusted counsellor and head of the...
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    in the two last succeeding governments of the Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson, from 2000 to 2006. From October 2006 until October 2010, he was the...
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    became the Minister for Taxation at the age of 31, under the Cabinet of Göran Persson, and later served as Minister for Education from 1998 to 2004. In 2004...
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