Olof Palme

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Olof Palme was a prominent Swedish Social Democratic politician who served as Prime Minister and became internationally known for his outspoken advocacy of social justice and non-alignment during the Cold War before his assassination in 1986.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Prime Minister of Sweden
human
politician
birthDate 1927-01-30
birthPlace Stockholm
Sweden
causeOfDeath assassination
child Joakim Palme
Mattias Palme
Mårten Palme
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
deathDate 1986-02-28
deathPlace Stockholm
Sweden
educatedAt Kenyon College
Stockholm University
University of Oxford NERFINISHED
familyName Palme
fieldOfStudy law
givenName Olof
hasHonorificTitle Prime Minister
headOfGovernmentOf Sweden
ideology democratic socialism
social democracy
knownFor advocacy of social justice
criticism of apartheid in South Africa
criticism of authoritarian regimes
opposition to the Vietnam War
policy of non-alignment during the Cold War
mannerOfDeath homicide
memberOf Swedish Social Democratic Party
name Sven Olof Joachim Palme
nativeLanguage Swedish
notableEvent assassinated on Sveavägen in central Stockholm
occupation lawyer
politician
placeOfBurial Adolf Fredrik Church Cemetery
politicalParty Swedish Social Democratic Party
positionHeld Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party
Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs of Sweden
Prime Minister of Sweden
precededBy Tage Erlander
religion Lutheranism
spouse Lisbet Palme
succeededBy Ingvar Carlsson NERFINISHED
Thorbjörn Fälldin
termEndAsPrimeMinister 1976-10-08
1986-02-28
termStartAsPrimeMinister 1969-10-14
1982-10-08
workLocation Stockholm

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