Kent Persson (politician)

Kent Persson
Party secretary of the Moderate Party
In office
20 April 2012  10 January 2015
Party leaderFredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded bySofia Arkelsten
Succeeded byTomas Tobé
Personal details
Born (1971-03-03) 3 March 1971
Örebro, Sweden
Political partyModerate Party
SpouseAnna-Karin Persson
Children2
OccupationPolitician

Kent Fredrik Persson (born 3 March 1971) is a Swedish politician who was party secretary of the Moderate Party from 2012 to 2015. On 18 December 2014, Persson announced that he will resign as party secretary following the party's leadership election on 10 January 2015, and also leave the political arena.

From 2011 to 2012, Persson was the opposition leader in Örebro Municipality and was earlier opposition leader for Örebro County Council. He was also provincial chairman of the Moderate Party in Örebro County until 2012 and was a member of the executive board of the Moderate Party from 2011 to 2015.

Kent Persson is married and has two children. He is a teetotaler.