Hanna Gedin
Hanna Gedin is a Swedish politician and MEP for the Left Party. She served as deputy party secretary for five years, leaving the position in December 2022. She was elected as MEP in the 2024 European Parliament election.
Gedin was chosen as the second candidate for the Left Party's list for the 2024 European Parliament election in Sweden. Gedin is a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, as well as a substitute member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Ms Gedin is also vice-chair of the Left.
Gedin was mentioned as a potential candidate for party leader to follow Jonas Sjöstedt.
Gedin was born in 1978 on the Scanian countryside and grew up on Norra Fäladen in Lund. She joined the Left Party at age 15.