Sören Axel Wibe was a Swedish

Sweden

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 economist and eurosceptic

EuroSceptic

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 politician

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, born in Östersund

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Östersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the...

, who was formerly a social democratic

Swedish Social Democratic Party

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 Member of the European Parliament

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 1995–1999, member of the Riksdag

Parliament of Sweden

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 2002–2006, and who since 6 July 2008 was party leader of the June List

June List

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. In January 2009 he was elected President of the EUDemocrats

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 - Alliance for a Europe of Democracies, a eurorealist

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 European political party

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 with members from 15 European countries.

Wibe was professor of forest industrial economics at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences or Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet is a university in Sweden. Although its head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses in different parts of Sweden, the other main facilities being Alnarp in Lomma Municipality, Skara,...

 in Umeå

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. He has been one of the most prominent and vocal EU critics in the Social Democratic Party. In April 2008, he announced his resignation from the party citing a number broken promises over EU policy and rulings in the European Court of Justice

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, which he alleged would lead to a weakening of the trade union

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s' position and limitations on strike action

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s in Sweden. Wibe was also actively involved in the European No Campaign against the proposed European Constitution.

Shortly after leaving the Social Democrats, he was nominated as one of two new party leaders for the June List together with Annika Eriksson. In January 2009, Eriksson left her post, after which Wibe was the lone leader of the party and its top candidate for the European elections 2009.

Wibe died on 29 December 2010 after a short illness.