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Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958 in
Mönsterås Mönsterås () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Mönsterås Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 6,352 inhabitants in 2012. Mönsterås is associated with the Swedish poet Carl Boberg, particularly his 1885 writing of the ...
,
Kalmar County Kalmar County () is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Kronoberg, Jönköping, Blekinge and Östergötland. To the east in the Baltic Sea is the island Gotland. The counties are mainly administrative units. Geo ...
) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for the Environment from 2011 to 2014. She is a former
Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
and
Member of the Riksdag Members of Parliament (Swedish language, Swedish: ''riksdagsledamöter'', singular: ''riksdagsledamot'') in Sweden sit in the Riksdag. Description ''Members of Parliament'' refers to the elected List of members of the Swedish Riksdag, members ...
. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE; french: Alliance des Démocrates et des Libéraux pour l'Europe, ADLE) is a transnational alliance between two European political parties, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Euro ...
. She sat on the
European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...
's
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its areas of responsibility relate to industry, especially technology-intensive manufacturing, information technology, and telecommunications. It also ...
. She was also a substitute for the
Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) is a committee of the European Parliament. Membership Chair Vice Chairs *Eugenia Rodríguez Palop * Sylwia Spurek * Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi *Robert Biedroń Members *Regina Bastos ...
and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Her son, Magnus Ek, was chairman of the
Centre Party Youth The Centre Party Youth ( sv, Centerpartiets ungdomsförbund ; CUF) is the youth organization of the Centre Party in Sweden and is a liberal, green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by l ...
from 2015 to 2019.


Career

* Degree in
law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...
* University lecturer in the Faculty of Law,
Lund University , motto = Ad utrumque , mottoeng = Prepared for both , established = , type = Public research university , budget = SEK 9 billion Municipal Commissioner,
Valdemarsvik Valdemarsvik is a locality, situated alongside the bay of Valdemarsviken which connects to the Baltic Sea. It is the seat of Valdemarsvik Municipality which is located in Östergötland County, Sweden. The coastal area is a popular summer destina ...
(1994–1998) * County councillor and substitute member of the Östergötland County Council Executive Committee (1994–1998) * Member of the Swedish Parliament (1998–2004) * Centre Party's spokesman on economic policy (1998–2004) * Member of the European Parliament (2004-2011) * Minister for the Environment (2011– 2014)


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European Parliament biography
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Lena Ek's weblog
1958 births 21st-century women MEPs for Sweden Centre Party (Sweden) MEPs Living people Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002 Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Members of the Riksdag from the Centre Party (Sweden) MEPs for Sweden 2004–2009 MEPs for Sweden 2009–2014 Municipal commissioners of Sweden People from Mönsterås Municipality Swedish Ministers for the Environment Swedish women bloggers Women government ministers of Sweden Women mayors of places in Sweden Women members of the Riksdag {{Sweden-Centre-politician-stub