Leif Peter Gunnar Persson (born 1955) is a

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politician and former member of the

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, the national

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. A member of the

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, he represented

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between October 2010 and August 2020. Persson is the son of Leif Persson and Ingegerd Persson (née Karlsson). He was an instrument mechanic in

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from 1974 to 1984. He was a member of the

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. He was a member of the municipal council in

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between 1988 and 2010. He was married to former Riksdag member

Margareta Persson Margareta Persson (1945 – 18 March 2015) was a Swedish social democratic politician from Jonköping. She had been a member of the Riksdag since 1994. References External linksMargareta Perssonat the Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or ...

. He retired from politics in 2020 and moved back to Kristianstad.

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1955 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub