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Committee On The Labour Market
(Parliamentary) Committee on the Labour Market ( sv, arbetsmarknadsutskottet) (AU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern active labour market policies, working condition policies, working life policies, labour laws, along with gender equality between men and women on the labour market and the working life. The committee was first implemented into the Riksdag during the parliament year of 1975/1976, it served as a successor to the Committee on Home Affairs ( sv, Inrikesutskottet). The Speaker for the committee is Magnus Persson from the Sweden Democrats and the vice-Speaker is Teresa Carvalho from the Social Democrats Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote so .... List of speakers for the committee List o ...
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The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and serving, since 1994, fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election. The constitutional mandates of the Riksdag are enumerated in the ''Instrument of Government'' (), and its internal workings are specified in greater detail in the Riksdag Act ().Instrument of Government
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Sven-Erik Österberg
Sven-Erik Österberg (born 10 March 1955 in Munktorp, Västmanland, Sweden) is a Swedish official and former social-democratic politician. He is Governor of Stockholm County since 1 February 2018 and previously served as Governor of Norrbotten County from 1 October 2012 to 31 January 2018. Österberg was Minister for Financial Markets from 2004 to 2006. Biography During ten years have worked first as farm worker and then as a forest worker for the Domänverket in Skinnskatteberg's territory became Österberg in 1984 local ombudsman for the Swedish Forest and Wood Workers' Union in Fagersta. At the same time, he also seemed like leisure politicians in Skinnskatteberg's Municipality with assignments as a city council and chairman of the Social Committee 1988-1991. In 1991, he became municipal commissioner in Skinnskatteberg Municipality. In 1994, he became a member of the Parliament of Sweden. In the Riksdag, he has mainly worked with financial and labor market issues. H ...
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Ulf Kristersson
Ulf Hjalmar Ed Kristersson (born 29 December 1963) is a Swedish politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Sweden since October 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party (M) since October 2017 and a member of the Riksdag (MP) for Södermanland County since 2014 and for Stockholm County from 1991 to 2000. He previously served as Minister for Social Security from 2010 to 2014 and as Chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 1988 to 1992. On 11 December 2014, he was appointed Shadow Finance Minister of the Moderate Party and economic policy spokesperson. On 1 October 2017 Kristersson was elected party leader of the Moderate Party after Anna Kinberg Batra stepped down. Under his leadership, M has opened up to the Sweden Democrats (SD) and, by late 2021, had formed an informal right-wing alliance with them and two center-right parties of the dissolved Alliance. In the 2022 Swedish general election, that bloc obtained a majority in the Riksdag, leading to Krister ...
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Ylva Johansson
Ylva Julia Margareta Johansson (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Home Affairs since 2019. She previously served in the government of Sweden as Minister for Schools from 1994 to 1998, as Minister for Welfare and Elderly Healthcare from 2004 to 2006, and as Minister for Employment from 2014 to 2019. She has been a member of the Swedish Riksdag since 2006. Education and early career Johansson studied at Lund University and the Stockholm Institute of Education between 1983–88 and 1991–92 respectively, and holds a Master of Science degree in education. Upon graduating, she worked as a math, physics, and chemistry teacher.Meet the commissioners
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Centre Party (Sweden)
The Centre Party ( sv, Centerpartiet ; C) is a liberal political party in Sweden, founded in 1913. The party's major issues are the national economy, the environment, political decentralisation and social integration. It is represented in all of the Riksdag's parliamentary committees, currently holding 31 seats. From 2019 to 2021, it provided confidence and supply to the Löfven II Cabinet. Traditionally part of the Nordic agrarian party family, the Centre Party has increasingly shifted its focus towards economic liberalism, environmental protection, equality of the sexes and decentralisation of governmental authority. The party self-describes as liberal feminist, campaigning for policies which enhance gender equality on an individualist basis. Its environmental policies stress the importance of consent and voluntary action, including working with foresters and private landowners to promote biodiversity within a mutually agreeable framework. The Centre Party has held the po ...
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Margareta Andersson
Margareta Andersson (born 1948) is a Sweden, Swedish Centre Party (Sweden), Centre Party politician. She was a List of members of the Swedish Riksdag, member of the Parliament of Sweden, Riksdag from 1995 to 2006. External links Margareta Andersson
at the Parliament of Sweden, Riksdag website 1948 births Living people Members of the Riksdag from the Centre Party (Sweden) Women members of the Riksdag Members of the Riksdag 1994–1998 Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002 Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 20th-century Swedish women politicians 20th-century Swedish politicians 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-Centre-politician-stub ...
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Anna Johansson (politician)
''Anna'' Frida Wiktoria Johansson (born 29 May 1971) is a Swedes, Swedish politician of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democrats. She was the Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden), Minister for Infrastructure in the Swedish Government from 2014 to 2017. Johansson is chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democrats in Gothenburg Municipality, deputy member of the executive board of the Social Democrats and was deputy municipal commissioner in Gothenburg Municipality from 2009 to 2014. Johansson was elected to the Swedish Riksdag in the 2014 Swedish general election, 2014 general election. She was appointed Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden), Minister for Infrastructure by newly elected Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven on 3 October 2014. On 26 July 2017, a majority in the Riksdag announced they would put forward a vote of confidence against her.
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Raimo Pärssinen
Raimo Pärssinen (born 1956) is a Swedish social democratic politician who has been a member of the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and se ... since 1998. He is of Finnish descent. References Raimo Pärssinen (S) Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats 1956 births Living people Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 Swedish people of Finnish descent {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub ...
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Jessica Polfjärd
Jessica Susanne Zindalai Polfjärd (born 27 May 1971) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She was elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden. Political career Career in national politics Polfjärd has been a member of the Riksdag since the 2006 elections and served as chairman of the Employment Committee of the Riksdag from 2013 to 2014. She was also a member of the Committee on Industry and Trade from 2010 until 2013. She eventually served as the group leader of the Moderate Party in the Riksdag from January 2015 to October 2017. In addition to her committee assignments, Polfjärd was a member of the Swedish delegation to the Nordic Council from 2006 until 2012 and from 2018 until 2019. Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present Since becoming a Member of the European Parliament in 2019, Polfjärd has been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In this capacity, she ha be ...
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Elisabeth Svantesson
Karin Elisabeth Svantesson (née Lundin; born 26 October 1967) is a Sweden, Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance (Sweden), Minister for Finance in the Kristersson Cabinet, cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has served as first deputy leader of the party since 2019. Svantesson previously served as Minister for Employment (Sweden), Minister for Employment from 2013 to 2014. She has been a Member of the Riksdag since 2006, representing Örebro County. Career Svantesson studied economics at Örebro University between 1987–1991. Prior to being elected to the List of members of the Swedish Riksdag, Swedish Riksdag, she was a Teacher, university teacher and doctoral student. She holds an Licentiate (degree), economics licentiate from 2006. Svantesson was elected to the Swedish Riksdag in the 2006 Swedish general election, 2006 general election. In the Riksdag, she became an ordinary member of the Labour market, Labour Mar ...
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Tomas Tobé
Tomas Gunnar Tobé (born 16 February 1978) is a Swedish politician and who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden. He was the party secretary of the Moderate Party from 10 January 2015 to 2 June 2017. Political career Career in national politics Tobé was elected to the Swedish Riksdag in the 2006 general election. During his parliament, he served as chair of its Committee on Employment from 2010 to 2012; the Committee on Education from 2012 to 2014; and the Committee on Legal Affairs from 2018 to 2019. He was mentioned as possible successor for the party leadership after Fredrik Reinfeldt, but declined and supported Anna Kinberg Batra. In March 2017 there was controversy around Tobé after it was revealed that he had used public funds for wine purchases and personal trips. On 2 June 2017, he was removed from his position as party secretary by party leader Anna Kinberg Batra and appointed Shadow Minister ...
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Hillevi Engström
Hillevi Maria Engström (née Pettersson; born 15 April 1963 in Sollentuna) is a Swedish former politician who served as Minister for Employment from 2010 to 2013 and as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2013 to 2014. A member of the Moderate Party, she served as a Member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2015. Prior to political engaged she worked as a police inspector and was in the year of 1995 walking delegate of the Swedish Police Union, the first woman to do so. She is the sister of the Swedish journalist and presenter A presenter is a person or organization responsible for the running of a public event, or someone who conveys information on media via a broadcasting outlet. Presenter may refer to: People * News presenter, person who presents news during a new ... Karin Hübinette. Since 1 March 2015, Engström has served as chief director of Upplands Väsby Municipality. References External links Hillevi Engströmat the Riksdag websi ...
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