Kris Stewart (born February 9, 1967 in

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) is the founding chairman of

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football club AFC Wimbledon and a left wing political activist. He was the club's chief executive and is also a CIMA past finalist management accountant. Under his leadership, AFC Wimbledon achieved numerous milestones including their first ever match, a friendly against

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, as well as their first competitive game in the

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away at Sandhurst, and a sell-out game against Chipstead at

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. He is a former member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and stood as the

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's candidate for Merton and Wandsworth in the

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.http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=14515
/ref> In 2013, he resigned from the SWP due to the party's rape scandal and co-founded the International Socialist Network with around 100 other former members.

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