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Göran Persson

1949 - Today

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Hans Göran Persson (Swedish: [ˈjœ̂ːran ˈpæ̌ːʂɔn] ; born 20 January 1949) is a Swedish former politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and as Leader of the Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Persson has served as chairman of Swedbank since 2019. Persson was first elected to the Riksdag for Södermanland County in 1979, but left in 1985 and became a Municipal Commissioner of Katrineholm, serving until 1989. In 1991, he was re-elected to Parliament for the same constituency. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Göran Persson is the 5,426th most popular politician (up from 6,460th in 2024), the 211th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 258th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Göran Persson ranks 5,426 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Heizei, Gajah Mada, Sextus Afranius Burrus, Pavel Milyukov, Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, and Giuseppe Saragat. After him are Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Roberta Metsola, Abdelaziz of Morocco, Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, Gunderic, and Mpande kaSenzangakhona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Göran Persson ranks 108. Before him are Stephen McKinley Henderson, Axel Honneth, Angie Bowie, Josip Bozanić, Walid Jumblatt, and Valentina Matviyenko. After him are Ward Cunningham, Brigitte Bierlein, Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, Fernando Collor de Mello, Valeriy Borzov, and Jack Reed.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Göran Persson ranks 211 out of 1,879. Before him are Michael Nyqvist (1960), Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Oskar Backlund (1846), Inge the Younger (1100), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), and Per Teodor Cleve (1840). After him are Freddie Ljungberg (1977), Björn Andrésen (1955), Olof Thunberg (1925), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), Ulf Kristersson (1963), and Basshunter (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Göran Persson ranks 68. Before him are Carl Bildt (1949), Canute II of Sweden (1200), Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Anna of Sweden (1545), Inge the Younger (1100), and Birger, King of Sweden (1280). After him are Ulf Kristersson (1963), Anna Lindh (1957), Stenkil (1030), Thorbjörn Fälldin (1926), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), and Carl Adolph Agardh (1785).

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