Leif Linde (born 1955) is a Swedish politician who was the secretary general of the Swedish Social Democratic Party between 1994 and 1996. He has been board chairman of the Swedish Co-operative Union since April 2020.
Linde was born in Nyköping in 1955.[1] He was the union secretary in the Workers' Educational Association from 1988 to 1994.[1] He was named as the secretary general of the Social Democratic Party in 1994, replacing Mona Sahlin in the post.[2] His tenure ended in 1996 when Ingela Thalén was elected as the secretary general of the party.[2] Between 1997 and 2004 he was director general of the youth board and between 2002 and 2007 he was a board member of the Swedish Consumer Agency.[1] He was CEO and head of the consumers' association Svea between 2004 and 2006 and was the association director of the Swedish Co-operative Union from 2006 to 2012.[1] He also served as the CEO of Swedish housing company in the period 2012–2020.[1] In April 2020 he was elected as the board chairman of the Swedish Co-operative Union.[3]
He also holds other posts such as chairman of the board of KFO and Fonus and is also a board member of Folksam Sak and chairman of its risk and capital committee.[1]