Stefan Löfven, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Stefan Löfven

Current Swedish Prime Minister

Date of Birth: 21-Jul-1957

Place of Birth: Aspudden, Sweden

Profession: politician, welder, trade unionist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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About Stefan Löfven

  • Kjell Stefan Löfven (Swedish pronunciation: ['ste?fan lœ've?n]; officially Löfvén; born 21 July 1957) is a Swedish politician serving as Prime Minister of Sweden since 2014 and Leader of the Social Democratic Party since 2012.After leaving school and completing his mandatory military service in the Swedish Air Force, Löfven qualified as a welder and subsequently began a career as an active trade unionist.
  • He rose to be elected as an ombudsman within the Swedish Metalworkers' Union (SMU) and was eventually elected as the first Chairman of IF Metall in January 2006, a major new trade union formed from a number of smaller unions, including the SMU, voting to merge.
  • After the resignation of Håkan Juholt, in January 2012, Löfven was unanimously selected by the executive board of the Social Democratic Party to replace him as the party's new leader.
  • This also made Löfven the Leader of the Opposition, despite the fact that he did not have a seat in the Riksdag at the time.Löfven led the Social Democrats into the 2014 election.
  • Despite initial opinion poll leads, the party only gained a single seat, but due to the poor performance of the governing Moderate Party, who lost 23 seats, Löfven was able to form a minority coalition government with the Green Party.
  • He was appointed Prime Minister of Sweden on 3 October.
  • He secured a second term in the aftermath of the inconclusive 2018 election, which saw both main parties suffer losses; after a months-long impasse that set a new record for government formation, Löfven was able to secure abstentions from MPs belonging to the Centre Party, the Left Party and the Liberals, and was re-elected by the Riksdag in January 2019.

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