Bengt ''Robert'' Mathiasson, born 26 February 1979 in

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, is a Swedish politician who served as chairman of Sweden's Communist Party from 2014 until 2019. He succeeded Anders Carlsson at the 17th party congress in

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, held in 2014. He has worked as a removal man in

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and as an industrial worker at a

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factory in Gothenburg. Mathiasson was previously chairman of Revolutionary Communist Youth between 2002 and 2004. In December 2019, Mathiasson left the Communist Party and, since 2020, he has been a columnist for a right-wing political online newspaper.

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Göteborgs-Posten – Kommunistiska Partiet har fått ny ordförandeParty homepage – ”Vi står starka inför framtiden”Alingsås Tidning – Mathiasson ny KP-ledare – efterlyser revolutionExpressen – Sven Wollter rörd till tårar under hyllningenYouTube – Röd Front 2013 med Robert Mathiasson, Kommunistiska PartietVärmlands Folkblad – Antirasistiskt möte i NaturumFolkbladet – Kommunister kämpar för socialistiskt samhälleKommunisternas tidigare ledare – ny krönikör för Nyheter Idag
1979 births Living people Leaders of political parties in Sweden Swedish communists People from Lund {{Sweden-politician-stub