Carin Jämtin

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Carin Jämtin (born 1964 in Stockholm) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She was Minister for International Development Cooperation in the Swedish government 2003-2006. She has studied at Stockholm University. She began her political career in the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League, and was a board member of the organization from 1990 to 1992, thereafter serving as treasurer and acting secretary. Prior to her appointment in 2003, she worked as the Deputy Secretary General of the Olof Palme International Center.

At the general election in September 2006, she was elected to the Riksdag, i.e. member of parliament. Only a month later, in October 2006, she was elected first oppositional Mayor of Stockholm.^[1] She decided to keep her seat in parliament for at least two months, citing her desire to fight for proposals made by Social-Democrats from Stockholm. While Carin Jämtin was one of the favourites to succeed Göran Persson as leader of the Social Democrats at the party's next congress in March 2007, her retention of the seat in parliament fuelled speculation that she might run for party leadership. It is generally considered that the next Social Democratic leader should be a member of parliament.

On November 23, 2006, Sweden's biggest newspaper Aftonbladet (independently social-democratic), endorsed her as party leader,^[2] but she declined running.

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• "Jämtin ny s-ledare i Stockholm", Sveriges Radio Ekot, October 10, 2006, retrieved November 23, 2006.

• "Välj Jämtin", Aftonbladet, November 23, 2006, retrieved November 23, 2006.