Åsa-Britt Maria Torstensson (born 25 March 1958) is a Swedish

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and a member of the Centre Party. She has a university degree in social work ( sv, socionomexamen). She was a

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of the Riksdag between 1998 and 2002 representing

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. Torstensson was re-elected to the Riksdag in the 2006 general election. On 6 October 2006 she was selected to become Minister for Infrastructure in the

Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt The cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt ( sv, Regeringen Reinfeldt) was the cabinet of Sweden from 2006 to 2014. It was a coalition cabinet consisting of the four parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden: the Moderate Party, Centre Party, ...

.Members of the Swedish Government 1946-
Government of Sweden, accessed 2010-07-09 After the 2010 general election she left the cabinet and returned to the Riksdag.

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Åsa Torstensson
at the Riksdag website
Åsa Torstensson
at the Centre Party website 1958 births 21st-century Swedish women politicians Living people Members of the Riksdag 1998–2002 Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 Members of the Riksdag 2006–2010 Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag from the Centre Party (Sweden) Mid Sweden University alumni Swedish Ministers for Infrastructure Women government ministers of Sweden Women members of the Riksdag {{Sweden-Centre-politician-stub