Lars Ohly
| Lars Ohly | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Chairman of the Left Party | |
|
In office 20 February 2004 – 6 January 2012 |
|
| Preceded by | Ulla Hoffmann |
| Succeeded by | Jonas Sjöstedt |
| Member of the Swedish Parliament for |
|
|
In office 1998–2014 |
|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 January 1957 Spånga, |
| Political party | Left Party |
| Profession | Train attendant |
| Website | vansterpartiet.se |
Lars-Magnus Harald Christoffer Ohly (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈoːlʏ]; born 13 January 1957) is a Swedish politician and the former party chairman of the Swedish Left Party. He was a member of the Swedish parliament from 1998 to 2014.
Lars Ohly was born in Spånga, . His father, like all his forefathers for six generations, was a priest. He grew up in various places around Stockholm. After finishing his gymnasium (secondary) education in 1978, he started working at Statens Järnvägar (Swedish State Railways), where he later became a conductor (Swedish: tågmästare). He is still employed at SJ but is on leave of absence since 1994.
Ohly became a member of the Liberal Youth of Sweden, the youth wing of the Liberal People's Party, in 1970 but left shortly afterwards and became a communist. He joined the Communist Youth in 1978 and the Left Party in 1979. He became a member of board of the Communist Youth in 1980, was elected as a substitute of the party board in 1987 and became a full member of the party board in 1990. From 1994 to 2000 he was party secretary and in 2004 he was elected party chairman. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1998.
...
Wikipedia