Lena Therese Rådström Baastad,

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''Larsson'', (born 4 April 1974) is a Swedish politician and civil servant who currently serves as Governor of Örebro County since 2023. A member of the

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, she previously served as Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party from 2016 to 2021 and as Mayor of Örebro Municipality from 2011 to 2016. During the spring of 2016, between serving as Mayor and before being elected Secretary-General, Rådström Baastad worked as a

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at Gaia Leadership. She was

Member of the Riksdag Members of Parliament (Swedish language, Swedish: ''riksdagsledamöter'', singular: ''riksdagsledamot'') in Sweden sit in the Riksdag. Description ''Members of Parliament'' refers to the elected members of the Riksdag. In Swedish, an MP is us ...

, representing

Örebro County Örebro County () is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden. It borders the counties of Västra Götaland, Värmland, Dalarna, Västmanland, Södermanland and Östergötland. It is frequently culturally divided into the hilly northern region of ...

, from September 2018 until her resignation in September 2021.Lena Rådström Baastad leaves her seat in the Riksdag
23 August 2021

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People from Örebro Living people 1974 births Mayors of places in Sweden Members of the Riksdag 2018–2022 Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub