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Swedish politician (born 1980) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mats Persson (born 27 November 1980) is a Swedish politician for the Liberal party. Since September 2024, he has served as the Minister for Employment and Integration in the Ulf Kristersson Cabinet, having previously served as Minister of Education.[2][3]
Mats Persson | |
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![]() Persson in 2016 | |
Minister for Employment and Integration | |
Assumed office 10 September 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Ulf Kristersson |
Preceded by | Johan Pehrson |
Minister for Education | |
In office 18 October 2022 – 10 September 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Ulf Kristersson |
Preceded by | Anna Ekström |
Succeeded by | Johan Pehrson |
Parliamentary leader of the Liberals | |
In office 8 April 2022[1] – 21 October 2022 | |
Leader | Johan Pehrson |
Preceded by | Johan Pehrson |
Succeeded by | Lina Nordquist |
Member of the Riksdag | |
Assumed office 29 September 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Markaryd, Sweden | 27 November 1980
Political party | Liberals |
Alma mater | Lund University |
Occupation | Politician |
He has been a Member of the Riksdag since 2014, elected for the southern constituency of Skåne County.[4][5] He was formerly vice-president of the Liberal Youth of Sweden.
Between 2009 and 2014, he was a regional councillor for the Liberals in Region Scania. Persson was elected to the Liberal Party Board in 2011 and was the party's economic policy spokesman from May 2016 to February 2019.[6][7] He returned to this role in August 2019.[8]
Persson completed his PhD in economic history at Lund University in 2015 with a thesis on sickness absence and early retirement among immigrants in Sweden during the period of 1981-2003.
Persson has been a Member of the Riksdag since the 2014 elections and Liberal parliamentary group leader in the Riksdag since April 2022.[4]
Persson was a member of the Committee on Finance from 2016 to 2019, and has been a member of the Committee again since 2019 after a break. Persson was a member of the Committee on Taxation from 2014-2016 and the Committee on Education in 2019. He is or has been an alternate member of the Committee on the Labour Market, the Committee on European Union Affairs, the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Taxation, the Committee on Social Insurance, and the Committee on Transport and Communications, among others.[4]
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