Anna Ellinor Eriksson (born 10 June 1988) is a Swedish Social Democratic

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

who was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (SSU) from 2014 to 2015. She served as general secretary of SSU from 2011 to October 2014 when she replaced

Gabriel Wikström Per Johan ''Gabriel'' Wikström (born 21 February 1985) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He served as Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports in the Swedish Government from 2014 to 2017. On 5 May 2017, Wikström annou ...

as leader, following his appointment as Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports of in the Löfven Cabinet. Eriksson has studied

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at Karolinska Institutet but did not completed her studies. She lives in

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Early life and career

Born in

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in East Central Sweden, she has been a member of SSU since she was 15.Anette Holmqvist (14 October 2014
Hon tar över som SSU-bas
''Aftonbladet''. Eriksson served as one of ten vice presidents of the

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for the period 2013–2015.David Gustavsson (6 March 2014
S-kandidat: Jag ska arbeta dag och natt
Europaportalen
Archived
at the Internet Archive. In the 2014 European Parliament electionin Sweden she was in the 7th spot on the

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list; the party obtained five seats.

References

1988 births Living people Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub