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Göran Persson

Swedish politician and former Prime Minister known for his leadership in the Social Democratic Party. Göran Persson was born on 20 January 1949.

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Who is Göran Persson?

Göran Persson is best known for Serving as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leading the Social Democratic Party. Göran Persson is a Swedish public figure. Göran Persson was born on 20 January 1949, which places Göran Persson among the people in the Dead or Alive catalog born in the 1940s. On Dead or Alive, Göran Persson is listed in the Swedish Icons category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Göran Persson is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Serving as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leading the Social Democratic Party.
Nationality: Swedish
Born: 20 January 1949
Listed under: Swedish Icons

About Göran Persson

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. He served as Minister for Schools from 1989 to 1991 in Ingvar Carlsson's first and second cabinets. From 1994 to 1996, Persson served as the Minister for Finance in Carlsson's third cabinet. Persson began his premiership from where he left as Minister for Finance — by continuing to spearhead government efforts to alleviate Sweden's chronic budget deficit. In 1994, the annual shortfall was about thirteen percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). But after implementing welfare cuts and tax increases, it fell to a projected 2.6 percent of GDP in 1997, which placed Sweden in a position to qualify for the European Economic and Monetary Union. However, the cost was high: unemployment rose, hovering persistently around thirteen percent, then suddenly fell to about 6.5 that same year. In the 1998 general election, the Social Democrats gained even fewer votes than in the 1991 general election, in which they lost their government position. Persson could remain as prime minister due to the support of the Green Party and the Left Party.

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Göran Persson is known for Serving as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leading the Social Democratic Party.

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Göran Persson was born on 20 January 1949.

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Göran Persson's nationality is Swedish.

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