Bengt-Anders Johansson (born 7 March 1951) is a

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of the

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. He was Member of the

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from 2002 to 2014, representing his home constituency of

Jönköping County Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in Sept ...

. Prior to his service in the Riksdag, Johansson was municipal commissioner of

Gislaved Municipality Gislaved Municipality (''Gislaveds kommun'') is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, with its seat located in the town Gislaved. The municipality was created in 1974, when Gislaved locality where amalgamated with the surroun ...

from 1992 to 2002 and its

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from 1992 to 1994. In the Riksdag, Johansson served as member of the Committee on Environment and Agriculture from 2002 to 2010 and as deputy chairman from 2010 to 2014. He was also member of the Committee on European Union Affairs from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2014, and a member of the

War Delegation The War Delegation ( sv, krigsdelegationen, or ''KD'') is a standing committee of the Riksdag, with its functions enumerated in the Instrument of Government and the Riksdag Act, with the purpose of replacing the Riksdag as a whole whenever Sweden i ...

from 2010 to 2014. Johansson was the

s spokesperson on policies regarding

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and predator issues during his last term in the Riksdag and served as the chairman of the Riksdags's hunting and fishing club. He is a member of the Swedish Hunters' Association. Johansson declined re-election in the 2014 election and left the Riksdag after the election.Bengt-Anders Johansson är inte tillgänglig för omval.
Since February 2015, he has served as member of The Election Review Board.

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Riksdagen: Bengt-Anders Johansson (m)
Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party Living people 1951 births Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 {{Sweden-Moderate-politician-stub