Anneli Maria Hulthén (born 27 July 1960) is a Swedish politician who has been the Governor of Skåne County since August 2016. She was a Member of the Swedish parliament (the

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) from 1986 until 1996, and a

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from 1995 until 2002. A member of the

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, she served as chairman (

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) of the

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executive board from 2009 to 2016. Hultén won the Politician Award at the 2011

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in Singapore, for her work with Business Region Göteborg and their programmes "Expedition Forward", "Business Emergency Programme" and "Brew House Incubator".

Honours

: Grand Officer of the

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(14 January 2019)

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, - , - , - , - , - 1960 births Living people Politicians from Gothenburg Municipal commissioners of Sweden Swedish people of Finnish descent Swedish Social Democratic Party MEPs MEPs for Sweden 1995–1999 MEPs for Sweden 1999–2004 20th-century women MEPs for Sweden 21st-century women MEPs for Sweden Women members of the Riksdag 20th-century Swedish women politicians 20th-century Swedish politicians 21st-century Swedish women politicians Women mayors of places in Sweden {{Sweden-MEP-stub