Lars Werner

Lars Werner (right) with Erich Honecker, 1974

Lars Helge Werner (25 July 1935 – 11 January 2013) was a Swedish socialist politician.^[1]

Werner was born in Stockholm. A construction worker by profession, he was elected chairman of the Swedish Left Party - Communists (VPK) in 1975, he was a member of the Swedish parliament from 1965 to 1994. During his time as party leader, in 1990, the party changed its name to the Left Party, removing the term "Communists". He resigned in 1993, and was succeeded by Gudrun Schyman.

References

• "Lars Werner (V)". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Sveriges riksdag. Retrieved 2010-05-10. 
• "Lars Werner". www.ne.se (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 2010-05-10. 
• Christer Engström et al., eds. (1996). "Werner, Lars". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish) 19. Höganäs: Bokförlaget Bra Böcker AB. ISBN 91-7133-426-2.  CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link)

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