Markus Allard
Leader of the Örebro Party
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Karl Markus Alfred Allard

(1990-01-03) 3 January 1990
Political partyÖrebro Party (2014–present)
Other political
affiliations		Left (until 2013)
SADI (Mali)
RelativesHenry Allard (grandfather)

Karl Markus Alfred Allard (born 3 January 1990) is a Swedish politician, journalist and columnist, serving as leader of the Örebro Party since its inception in 2014. Since the general election in 2018, he is a municipal commissioner and one of two members from the Örebro Party in the Örebro municipal assembly, along with the former policeman Peter Springare.[1] Allard writes columns for the blog Ledarsidorna,[2] and has previously worked as a journalist for the online newspaper Nyheter Idag.[3]

He has a podcast with writer Malcom Kyeyune.[4]

Biography

From 2009 to 2013, Allard was chairman of the Young Left's district organisation in Örebro. He worked for the election campaign of Oumar Mariko in Mali during the 2012 Malian coup d'état.[5][6]

Markus Allard is the grandson of the Social Democratic politician and speaker of the Riksdag Henry Allard.

References

  1. ↑ "Örebro Kommunfullmäktige Uppdrag". Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ledarsidorna". Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Markus Allard". Nyheter Idag. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Markus och Malcom i Apple Podcasts". podcasts.apple.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ovisst inför val i Mali". Arbetaren (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Volontär i korruptionspräglade Mali - P4 Örebro". sverigesradio.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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