Ulla Margareta ''Charlotte'' Cederschiöld (born 28 September 1944 in

Gävle Gävle () is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gävle Municipality and the capital of Gävleborg County. It had 77,586 inhabitants in 2020, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Swede ...

) is a

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and was a

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until 2009. She is a member of the

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, part of the

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group. She sits on the

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. She is also a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, a member of the Delegation for relations with

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and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the

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. She has been married to

Carl Cederschiöld Carl Cederschiöld is a Swedish former Moderate Party politician. He was an active member of the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students and was chairman between 1972 and 1973. He was elected to Stockholm City Council in 1976 ...

since 1972, with whom she has two children Sebastian (1974) and Anna (1981). She is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.

Education

She graduated from

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in 1970, with a degree in

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science, law, history and German, and after graduating became an information manager for the Swedish Institute and City of Stockholm Development and Promotion Office.

Career

*Member Moderate Party executive 1990-1995 *Member Stockholm County Authority 1979-1988 *Member of Parliament (Riksdag) 1988-1995 *First vice-chair European Union of Women 1993-1999 *MEP 1995- *Substitute to the Institutional Committee 1995-1999 *Vice-president European Parliament, bureau member and chairwoman of the Conciliation Committee 2001-2004 *Member of The Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs 1999-2004 *Substitute to The Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market 1999-2004 *Member of The Delegation for relations with the United States 1999-2004 *Member of the Convention for Fundamental Rights (1999–2000) *Member of The Mercosur Delegation 2004-2007 *Vice-chair of The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee 2004-2006 *Member of The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee 2007 *Substitute to The Delegation for Relations with the United States 2004- *Member of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee 1995-2006 *Substitute to the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee 2006 *Member of the Russia Delegation 2007 *Member of the Echelon committee *Rapporteur on the following reports: Attacks against information systems and communication networks, protection against counterfeiting the Euro, fight against drugs, organised crime, police co-operation in relation to synthetic drugs, intellectual property (The WIPO Treaties) and the development of the third pillar during the Intergovernmental Conference 1996-97. Fundamental rights, enhanced corporation, competition, crime prevention, shadow rapporteur on health in the single market, many reports on openness and transparency as well as data protection.

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