Hanna Gedin | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Constituency | Sweden |
Personal details | |
Born | 11 March 1978 |
Political party | Left Party |
Hanna Gedin (born 11 March 1978) is a Swedish politician and MEP for the Left Party. She served as deputy party secretary for five years,leaving the position in December 2022. [1] She was elected as MEP in the 2024 European Parliament election. [2] [3]
Gedin was chosen as the second candidate for the Left Party's list for the 2024 European Parliament election in Sweden. Gedin is a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection,as well as a substitute member of the Committee on Industry,Research and Energy and of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. [4] Ms Gedin is also vice-chair of the Left.
Gedin was mentioned as a potential candidate for party leader to follow Jonas Sjöstedt. [5]
Gedin was born in 1978 on the Scanian countryside and grew up on Norra Fäladen in Lund. [6] [7] She joined the Left Party at age 15. [8]