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'''Valdemar Johannson Söderberg''' (born 1 September 1971) is an Ordennyan journalist, writer, and politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Vastdal borough of Nyburg between 2005 and 2019, and as a List MP for Vastdal since 2019. He was first elected as a member of the Ordennyan Conservative Party, before he formed his own Party, the People's Party. Between the 2018 snap election and the 2019 snap election, he served as Secretary of State for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister in a centre-right coalition led by [[Joakim Persson]]. After the coalition's defeat in the 2019 snap election, he resigned as leader of the People's Party, and was succeeded by Ari Mönkkönen. He was the People's Party's candidate for President of Ordennya at the 2020 presidential election, but was defeated by [[Johan Olsson]]. | '''Valdemar Johannson Söderberg''' (born 1 September 1971) is an Ordennyan journalist, writer, and politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Vastdal borough of Nyburg between 2005 and 2019, and as a List MP for Vastdal since 2019. He was first elected as a member of the Ordennyan Conservative Party, before he formed his own Party, the People's Party. Between the 2018 snap election and the 2019 snap election, he served as Secretary of State for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister in a centre-right coalition led by [[Joakim Persson]]. After the coalition's defeat in the 2019 snap election, he resigned as leader of the People's Party, and was succeeded by Ari Mönkkönen. He was the People's Party's candidate for President of Ordennya at the 2020 presidential election, but was defeated by [[Johan Olsson]]. | ||
Throughout 2021, he became increasingly critical of the direction of the People's Party under leader Ari Mönkkönen, saying that his successor's views on immigration and race relations were at odds with the vision he held for the party when he founded it, describing the anti-immigration rhetoric as "flying in the face of the values of what is a fundamentally libertarian party" | Throughout 2021, he became increasingly critical of the direction of the People's Party under leader Ari Mönkkönen, saying that his successor's views on immigration and race relations were at odds with the vision he held for the party when he founded it, describing the anti-immigration rhetoric as "flying in the face of the values of what is a fundamentally libertarian party". | ||
Latest revision as of 06:11, 12 August 2023
The Right Honourable Valdemar Söderberg MP | |
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 24 June 2019 – 26 June 2019 | |
| President | Clas Markussen |
| Preceded by | Clas Markussen |
| Succeeded by | Ari Mönkkönen |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Ordennya | |
| In office 10 October 2018 – 24 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Joakim Persson |
| Preceded by | Maria Picard |
| Succeeded by | Josephine Petersson |
| Leader of the Ordennyan People's Party | |
| In office 17 December 2015 – 26 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Ari Mönkkönen |
| Secretary of State for Finance | |
| In office 10 October 2018 – 24 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Joakim Persson |
| Preceded by | Jon Bertlesen |
| Succeeded by | Loke Mathiesen |
| In office 27 June 2012 – 7 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Xandström |
| Preceded by | Sauli Orpo |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Svensson |
| Minister of State for Economic Growth | |
| In office 5 May 2010 – 27 June 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Xandström |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel Poroskov |
| Member of Parliament for Västdal (List) (1 of 21 List MPs for Västdal) | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament for Nyburg | |
| In office 5 May 2005 – 20 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Melenchon |
| Succeeded by | Vilhelmina Bernadotte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Valdemar Johannson Söderberg 1 September 1971 Nyburg, Vastdal, Ordennya |
| Nationality | Ordennyan |
| Political party | People's Party |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative Party (before 2015) |
| Spouse | Sara Maynard |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Västdal School of Public Administration |
Valdemar Johannson Söderberg (born 1 September 1971) is an Ordennyan journalist, writer, and politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Vastdal borough of Nyburg between 2005 and 2019, and as a List MP for Vastdal since 2019. He was first elected as a member of the Ordennyan Conservative Party, before he formed his own Party, the People's Party. Between the 2018 snap election and the 2019 snap election, he served as Secretary of State for Finance and Deputy Prime Minister in a centre-right coalition led by Joakim Persson. After the coalition's defeat in the 2019 snap election, he resigned as leader of the People's Party, and was succeeded by Ari Mönkkönen. He was the People's Party's candidate for President of Ordennya at the 2020 presidential election, but was defeated by Johan Olsson.
Throughout 2021, he became increasingly critical of the direction of the People's Party under leader Ari Mönkkönen, saying that his successor's views on immigration and race relations were at odds with the vision he held for the party when he founded it, describing the anti-immigration rhetoric as "flying in the face of the values of what is a fundamentally libertarian party".