Markus Allard

Karl Markus Alfred Allard 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 member in the Örebro municipal assembly. Following the 2022 election, he is also country commissioner and member of the Örebro county council. Allard writes columns for the blog Ledarsidorna, and has previously worked as a journalist for the online newspaper Nyheter Idag as well as the Sweden Democrat-connected media outlet Riks.
He has a podcast with writer Malcom Kyeyune and with former Alternative for Sweden Riksdag candidate Erik Berglund.

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