Tommy Waidelich is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 social democratic

Swedish Social Democratic Party

The Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party, , contesting elections as 'the Workers' Party – the Social Democrats' , or sometimes referred to just as 'the Social Democrats' and most commonly as Sossarna ; is the oldest and largest political party in Sweden. The party was founded in 1889...

 politician

Politician

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He has studied economics (nationalekonomi) and geography (kulturgeografi) at Stockholm University

Stockholm University

Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...

. He has been a member of the Riksdag

Parliament of Sweden

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 since 1994, with an exception for 1995-1998 when he was a member of the European parliament

European Parliament

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The newly elected party chairman Håkan Juholt

Håkan Juholt

Håkan Juholt, born 16 September 1962, is a Swedish photographer, journalist, and Social Democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 1994, representing Kalmar län...

 on 29 March 2011 appointed Waidelich as the party's spokesperson on economic politics, succeeding Thomas Östros

Thomas Östros

Thomas Östros is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He was Minister for Education from 1998 to 2004 and Minister for Industry and Trade from 2004 to 2006...

in that role.