Question

a third group of investors also submitted a bid yesterday, former swedish deputy prime minister jan nygren said. source: businessweek in the sentence above, former has the same or almost the same meaning as: frequent primary current previous

Explanation:

"Former" refers to something or someone that was in a particular position or had a particular status in the past. "Previous" has a similar meaning, indicating something that came before in time or order. "Frequent" means occurring often, "primary" means main or most important, and "current" means existing or happening now.

Answer:

D. previous