Roger Hällhag

Roger Hällhag is a senior political consultant and manager of Global Affairs at Rud Pedersen public affairs company, www.rudpedersen.com. He graduated in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics (HHS) in 1989 and has since built a global scope expertise in politics, democratization and development. Starting out at the leadership of Sweden’s school students’ union, Mr. Hällhag headed its European network, was deputy chair of the national youth council and chair of the anti-apartheid movement. Later getting involved with Swedish social democracy, he managed international affairs at youth and party level, and was president of the International Union of Socialist Youth 1991-1995. As a consultant to the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1994, Mr. Hällhag was principal secretary to the cross-party committee designing Sweden's party-related democracy assistance and an evaluation consultant. Then he served as political advisor and policy coordinator to two Ministers of Defence 1994-1995 and 1998 and the Prime Minister 1998-2004, focusing on global development, peace and security and other 'foreign' affairs. After having headed International IDEA’s 2004-2006 Programme of research and dialogue with Political Parties, Mr. Hällhag is now a consultant. Among volontary involvements, he has been engaged as chair of Hand in Hand Sweden, a development NGO that supports empowerment and job creation among rural poor with its base among half a million women in Tamil Nadu, India, www.hihseed.org or www.handinhand.nu.

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