Marco Antonio Venegas Astudillo (born 1962) is a
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politician and former member of the
Riksdag
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, the national
legislature. A member of the
Green Party, he represented
Södermanland County between September 2014 and September 2018.
Venegas is the son of
metalworker Mario Venegas and Yolanda Astudillo.
He was educated in
Santiago in
Chile and at a
Komvux in
Nyköping.
He has a degree in
sociology from
Stockholm University
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.
He was a
mental health worker in Nyköping (1987-1989); social secretary in
Nyköping Municipality (1993-1995);
aid worker in
El Salvador
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(1996-1998);
probation officer in Chile (1998-2000); and a
social worker
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in Nyköping Municipality (2000-2014).
He was a member of the
municipal council in Nyköping Municipality between 1994 and 1995; between 2002 and 2006; and between 2010 and 2014.
He was a member of the
county council in
Södermanland County from 2002 to 2010.
References
1962 births
Chilean emigrants to Sweden
Living people
Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018
Members of the Riksdag from the Green Party
Stockholm University alumni
Swedish politicians of Chilean descent
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