• Not to be confused with Sten Christer Andersson (1943-2010), who was a long-time member of the centre-right Moderate Party and subsequently a member of the far-right Sweden Democrats (2007-2010).

Sten Sture Andersson (20 April 1923, Stockholm, Sweden – 16 September 2006, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish

Sweden

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 social democratic

Social democracy

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 politician.

Andersson died suddenly from a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

 on the afternoon of 16 September 2006.

He worked closely with Olof Palme

Olof Palme

Sven Olof Joachim Palme was a Swedish politician. A long-time protegé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 to his assassination, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden, heading a Privy Council Government from 1969 to 1976 and a cabinet...

, and became known internationally for his support of Palestinian

Palestinian people

The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

 independence. In November 2010 he was posthumously awarded the Star of Jerusalem, the highest Palestinian order, by Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas , also known by the kunya Abu Mazen , has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation since 11 November 2004 and became President of the Palestinian National Authority on 15 January 2005 on the Fatah ticket.Elected to serve until 9 January 2009, he unilaterally...

.

Appointments

• Minister for Foreign Affairs (1985-1991)
• Minister for Social Affairs (1982-1985)
• Member of the Riksdag
  Parliament of Sweden
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   (1966-1994)
• Member of the executive committee of the Social Democrat Party (1962-1993)
• Secretary of the Social Democrat Party (1962-1982)