Joe Rickard Persson (born 1959) 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 Skåne County West between September 2014 and September 2018. Persson is the son of editorial manager Folke Persson and shop assistant Ingegerd Persson (née Olsson). He was educated in

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. He studied personnel administration at

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and project management at IHM Business School. He was a shipping manager (1980-1984); political ombudsman (1988-1995);

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(1995-2002); and an administrator at the

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(2002-2014). He was a member of the

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between 1985 and 2014.

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1959 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag from the Green Party {{Sweden-politician-stub