Åsa Charlotte Regnér, originally ''Pettersson'' (born 26 August 1964 in

Malmberget Malmberget ("The Ore Mountain", Finnish and Meänkieli: ''Malmivaara'') is a locality and mining town situated in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden. It had 5,590 inhabitants in 2010, reduced to 927 by December 2020. It is situate ...

Norrbotten Norrbotten (), known in English as North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland. Administration The traditional provinces of Swe ...

) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

Social Democratic politician. On 3 October 2014, she became Minister for Children and the Elderly and Minister for Gender Equality under

Stefan Löfven Kjell Stefan Löfven (; officially ''Löfvén''; born 21 July 1957) is a Swedish politician who serves as the President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 20 ...

. On March 6, 2018, Regnér resigned from her position in the Swedish government upon becoming the Deputy Executive Director of UN Women.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Regner, Asa 1964 births Living people Swedish Ministers for Gender Equality Women government ministers of Sweden