Marco Venegas | |
Office1: | Member of the Riksdag |
Constituency1: | Södermanland County |
Term Start1: | 29 September 2014 |
Term End1: | 24 September 2018 |
Birth Name: | Marco Antonio Venegas Astudillo |
Party: | Green Party |
Alma Mater: | Stockholm University |
Marco Antonio Venegas Astudillo (born 1962) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Green Party, he represented Södermanland County between September 2014 and September 2018.[1]
Venegas is the son of metalworker Mario Venegas and Yolanda Astudillo.[1] He was educated in Santiago in Chile and at a Komvux in Nyköping.[1] He has a degree in sociology from Stockholm University.[1] He was a mental health worker in Nyköping (1987-1989); social secretary in Nyköping Municipality (1993-1995); aid worker in El Salvador (1996-1998); probation officer in Chile (1998-2000); and a social worker in Nyköping Municipality (2000-2014).[1] He was a member of the municipal council in Nyköping Municipality between 1994 and 1995; between 2002 and 2006; and between 2010 and 2014.[1] He was a member of the county council in Södermanland County from 2002 to 2010.[1]