Marita Helena Ulvskog (born 4 September 1951) is a

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politician who served as

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from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the

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, part of the

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats was officially founded as a Socialist ...

Early career

Ulvskog is a trained journalist and she worked for several years on the Journal of the

Swedish Trade Union Confederation The Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( sv, Landsorganisationen i Sverige ; literally "National Organisation in Sweden"), commonly referred to as LO (), is a national trade union centre, an umbrella organisation for fourteen Swedish trade unions ...

Member of the Swedish Parliament, 1998–2009

Ulvskog was a member of the

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from 1998 to 2009. During that time, she was the

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from 1994 to 1996 and

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in the

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led by

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Göran Persson Hans Göran Persson (; born 20 January 1949) is a Swedish politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1996 to 2006 and leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1996 to 2007. Persson was first elected to the Swedish Parliam ...

from 1996 to 2004. She also served as the party secretary of the Social Democrats from 2004 to 2009.

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–2019

On 30 September 2008 it was revealed that Ulvskog would lead the Social Democrats in the 2009 European Parliament election although she during the 90's was involved in the critical debate on EU. She was elected with the strong support of personal votes and now serves as a

(MEP). In Parliament, Ulvskog served as vice chair of the

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is a committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of employment and social policy, including labour rights, social security, inclusion, free movement for workers and pensio ...

from 2014 until 2019. She was also a member of the

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. From 2009 until 2014, she served on the

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Ulvskog serves ad a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on

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and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals. Ulvskog was one of the four vice presidents of the

Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a social democratic and progressive European political party. The PES comprises national-level political parties from all member states of the European Union (EU) plus Norway and the United Kingdom ...

, under the leadership of chairman

Sergei Stanishev Sergey Dmitrievich Stanishev ( bg, Сергей Дмитриевич Станишев ; born 5 May 1966) is a Bulgarian politician who is serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He previously served as President of the Party of Eu ...

Other activities

Olof Palme International Center The Olof Palme International Center is a Swedish non-governmental organization and the Swedish labour movement's cooperative body for international issues. The center's areas of interest include democracy, human rights and peace. The center is nam ...

, Chair of the Board (2017-2018)Board

References

External links

Marita Ulvskog
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