Pär Granstedt (born 1945) is a Swedish politician and former member of the

Parliament of Sweden The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportionally and serving, since 1994, f ...

for the Centre Party from 1973 to 1994. He is a founding member of

AWEPA The Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) is an international parliamentary association that is strictly non-partisan, founded by European parliamentarians in 1984. In cooperation with African parliaments, AWEPA works to s ...

, Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa. He has served the organization since the foundation as member of the Executive and Council, Vice President and Treasurer and was elected its Secretary General in December 2006. He is currently a member of the

Governing Council. He was born in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

1945 and is educated at the

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

(Masters, Political Science). He was elected member of the Swedish Parliament 1973. He remained a member of parliament until 1994 and served i. a. as vice chairman of the standing committees for Education and for Foreign Affairs, as chairman of the Parliamentary OSCE-delegation and as member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the

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. 1995-1999 he was advisor to the Swedish Government on security policy and international relations. 1999-2005 he worked as Director and Political Advisor for the

Federation of Swedish Farmers The Federation of Swedish Farmers (''Lantbrukarnas Riksförbund'', LRF) is an organisation for Swedish farmers. LRF has about 170 000 individual members, which represent about 90 000 agricultural enterprises, and the membership also includes most S ...

. He was Vice President of the World Federation of UN Associations 1995-2000. Mr Granstedt has also published a number of books and articles on

international relations International relations (IR, and also referred to as international studies, international politics, or international affairs) is an academic discipline. In a broader sense, the study of IR, in addition to multilateral relations, concerns al ...

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and

democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Granstedt, Par 1945 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Centre Party (Sweden) Politicians from Stockholm Stockholm University alumni