Lars Werner

Lars Helge Werner (25 July 1935 – 11 January 2013) was a Swedish socialist politician.[1][2]

Lars Werner
SKP
Lars Werner during a July 1974 visit to East Berlin
Leader of the Left Party Communists
In office
13 March 1975 – 7 January 1993
Preceded byC.-H. Hermansson
Succeeded byGudrun Schyman
Member of the Swedish Parliament
for Stockholm Municipality
In office
1965–1994
Personal details
Born(1935-07-25)25 July 1935
Stockholm, Sweden
Died11 January 2013(2013-01-11) (aged 77)
Tyresö, Sweden
Political partyLeft Party Communists
ProfessionConstruction worker
Lars Werner (right) with Erich Honecker, 1974

Werner was born in Stockholm. He was a member of the Riksdag from 1965 to 1994.[2][3] A construction worker by profession, he was elected vice chairman of the Vänsterpartiet Kommunisterna (VPK) ("the Left Party - Communists") in 1967, and became party chairman in 1975. During his time as party leader, he worked to distance the party from the Soviet Union, a process that had been started by his predecessor as party leader, C.-H. Hermansson. In 1990, VPK changed its name to Vänsterpartiet ("the Left Party"), removing the term "Communists". Werner resigned as party leader in 1993, and was succeeded by Gudrun Schyman.[1]

Werner died from a heart condition in 2013, at the age of 77.[1]

References
  1. "Lars Werner är död". Dagens Nyheter. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. "Lars Werner". www.ne.se (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  3. "Lars Werner" (in Swedish). Riksdag. Retrieved 15 July 2019.


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