{"id":174286,"date":"2026-07-17T07:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=174286"},"modified":"2026-07-17T07:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:05:52","slug":"vansterpartist-ljog-om-examen-fick-toppjobb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/left-party-member-lied-about-his-degree-and-got-a-top-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Left Party Member Lied About His Degree\u2014Landed a Top Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Marek Lakatos, the Left Party\u2019s representative in Malm\u00f6, has lied about his qualifications in order to secure jobs and political appointments. He submitted a forged social work degree from Lund University when applying for positions.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the fake diploma, he was able to <strong>Marek Lakatos<\/strong> including positions as a special education teacher, a municipal safety coordinator, and expert assignments for the Ministry of Social Affairs. He has also held elected positions on the Labor Market and Social Services Committee and was third on the Left Party\u2019s list for the municipal council ahead of this fall\u2019s election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lies came to light after a tip was sent to Sydsvenskan. Lakatos has now been reported to the police for document forgery. He has a prior conviction from 2011 for robbery and unlawful deprivation of liberty. He says he is leaving politics in Malm\u00f6.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously convicted of robbery and unlawful detention. Now he's heading back to prison.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":174290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,205],"tags":[159],"class_list":["post-174286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-nyheter","tag-vansterpartiet"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}