Kent Persson (politician)

Kent Fredrik Persson (born 3 March 1971) is a Swedish politician who was party secretary of the Moderate Party from 2012 to 2015.^[1] On 18 December 2014, Persson announced that he will resign as party secretary following the party's leadership election on 10 January 2015, and also leave the political arena.^[2]

Kent Persson
Party secretary of the Moderate Party
In office 20 April 2012 – 10 January 2015
Party leader	Fredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded by	Sofia Arkelsten
Succeeded by	Tomas Tobé
Personal details
Born	(1971-03-03) 3 March 1971 (age 54) Örebro, Sweden
Political party	Moderate Party
Spouse	Anna-Karin Persson
Children	2
Occupation	Politician

From 2011 to 2012, Persson was the opposition leader in Örebro Municipality^[3] and was earlier opposition leader for Örebro County Council. He was also provincial chairman of the Moderate Party in Örebro County until 2012 and was a member of the executive board of the Moderate Party from 2011 to 2015.^[4]

Kent Persson is married and has two children.^[1] He is a teetotaler.^[5]