Gudrun Schyman

Gudrun Schyman
Gudrun Schyman in August 2014
Leader of Feminist Initiative
In office 6 March 2013 – 28 october 2018 Serving with Sissela Nordling Blanco (since 2011)
Leader of the Swedish Left Party
In office 1993–2003
Preceded by	Lars Werner
Succeeded by	Ulla Hoffmann (Interim)
Member of the Riksdag
In office 3 October 1988 – 5 September 1997
In office 8 October 1997 – 2 October 2006[note 1]
Constituency	Stockholm County
Personal details
Born	Gerd Gudrun Maria Schyman (1948-06-09) 9 June 1948 (age 76) Täby, Sweden
Political party	Climate Alliance
Other political affiliations	Left Party (until 2004) Feminist Initiative (2005–2022)
Alma mater	Socialhögskolan i Stockholm
Profession	Politician
Website	schyman.se

Gerd Gudrun Maria Schyman (born 9 June 1948) is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work after a tax evasion scandal. She remained an independent member of the Riksdag until 2006. She co-founded Feminist Initiative in 2005 and was its co-spokesperson from 2005 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2019. She left the party in 2022.
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