Håkan Juholt

Born: 1962-09-16

Birthplace: Oskarshamn, Kalmar län, Sweden

Biography

Håkan Juholt, born 16 September 1962 in Oskarshamn, is a Swedish journalist, politician (Social Democrat) and diplomat. He was the party chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party between 25 March 2011 and 21 January 2012. Between 1994 and 2016 he was a member of parliament for the Kalmar County constituency. Between September 2017 and August 2020 he was ambassador to Iceland. He then took up his post, in September 2020, as ambassador to South Africa.