Eliza Roszkowska Öberg (born 3 February 1978) is a

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political figure who, in 2008, was elected to Sweden's Parliament, the

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. A native of

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, Eliza Roszkowska Öberg received her

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and economics at the Polish capital's university in 2002, at the age of 24. Later that year, she relocated to

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, where she served as an information technology consultant. Within two years, as a member of the Moderate Party, she ran for the Österåker municipal assembly in

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, with the county seat in the city of

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, where she resides. She is Member of the Swedish Parliament since 2006 and has currently seat 85 in the Riksdag, representing the constituency in her region of Stockholm County. Eliza Roszkowska Öberg works in the Transport and Communications Committee.

References

Website of Eliza Roszkowska Öberg (with photographs, blogs and other information )

Eliza Roszkowska Öberg at the Parliament of Sweden website (photograph included)
Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party Women members of the Riksdag Polish emigrants to Sweden Politicians from Warsaw Living people 1978 births 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-Moderate-politician-stub