Carin Jämtin
| Carin Jämtin | |
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| Party secretary of the Social Democrats | |
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In office 26 March 2011 – 27 August 2016 |
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| Party leader |
Håkan Juholt Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Baylan |
| Succeeded by | Lena Baastad |
| Minister for International Development Cooperation |
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In office 10 October 2003 – 6 October 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
| Preceded by | Jan O. Karlsson |
| Succeeded by | Gunilla Carlsson |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
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Assumed office 29 September 2014 |
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| Constituency | |
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In office 7 October 2006 – 21 December 2006 |
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| Born |
3 August 1964 , Sweden |
| Political party | Swedish Social Democratic Party |
Carin Jämtin (born 3 August 1964 in ) is a Swedish politician and Director General of the Swedish International Development Agency. She served as party secretary of the Social Democrats from March 2011 until her resignation in August 2016. She was Minister for International Development Cooperation in the Swedish Government between 2003 and 2006. She has been Member of the Riksdag since 2014, representing .
On 16 August 2016, Jämtin announced her intention to resign as party secretary in order to fulfill her position as Member of the Riksdag. She will officially resign on 27 August 2016, pending her successor's election by the party committee.
She has briefly studied at , without obtaining any degree. She began her political career in the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League, and was a board member of the organization from 1990 to 1992, thereafter serving as treasurer and acting secretary. Prior to her appointment in 2003, she worked as the Deputy Secretary General of the Olof Palme International Center.
At the general election in September 2006, she was elected to the Riksdag, i.e. member of parliament. Only a month later, in October 2006, she was elected Leader of the Opposition in the City Council of Stockholm. She decided to keep her seat in parliament for at least two months, citing her desire to fight for proposals made by Social-Democrats from Stockholm. While Carin Jämtin was one of the favourites to succeed Göran Persson as leader of the Social Democrats at the party's next congress in March 2007, her retention of the seat in parliament fuelled speculation that she might run for party leadership. It is generally considered that the next Social Democratic leader should be a member of parliament.
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