Marie Heléne Elisabeth Fritzon (born 29 September 1960) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. She has been

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(MEP) and Vice-Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats since July 2019. Fritzon served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2017 to 2019. Before becoming a

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, Fritzon was Mayor of

Kristianstad Municipality Kristianstad Municipality (''Kristianstads kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad. The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local gov ...

Career

Minister for Migration

Fritzon was appointed Minister for Migration on 27 July 2017. At the same time, she was appointed

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Member of the European Parliament

Fritzon was elected

in the

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. In parliament, she has since been serving as vice-chair of the S&D Group, under the leadership of chairwoman

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. She has also been a member of the

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. In 2022, she joined the Special Committee on the

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Fritzon has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.Members
European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.

Personal life

Fritzon is married to

Henrik Fritzon Henrik Fritzon (born 3 July 1972) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He was the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Skåne Regional Council

, the former chair of the executive committee of the Skåne Regional Council (2014–2018), and they live in Degeberga,

References

, - 1960 births Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians People from Kristianstad Municipality MEPs for Sweden 2019–2024 Living people Swedish Ministers for Migration and Asylum Policy Women government ministers of Sweden 21st-century Swedish women politicians {{Sweden-politician-stub