Stefan Löfven

Board member

Stefan Löfven served as the Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 2021 and leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2021. Currently, Mr. Löfven is president of the PES, which brings together labor and social democratic parties across the European Union, the UK, and Norway. Mr. Löfven also chairs the boards of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) as well as the Olof Palme Memorial Fund.

Mr. Löfven’s background includes extensive experience from various domestic and international assignments. In 2022, Mr. Löfven was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to co-lead a High-level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism in preparation for the Summit of the Future. He was previously the international secretary of the Swedish trade union IF Metall and, subsequently, its chair (2006–12).

Mr. Löfven was also a board member of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (2006–12), a board member of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (2010–12), deputy chair of the Swedish Trade Council (2004–12), and a board member of the Olof Palme International Centre (2002–2006).