Stefan Löfven

Stefan Löfven has been the Chair of the SIPRI Governing Board since June 2022. Löfven was the Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 2021 and the leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2021. In 2022, he was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to co-lead a High-level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism in preparation for the Summit of the Future. He was previously the International Secretary of the Swedish trade union IF Metall and, subsequently, its Chair (2006–12), and also Deputy Chair of the Swedish Trade Council (2004–12). Löfven has been a board member of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (2006–12), the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (2010–12) and the Olof Palme International Centre (2002–2006).