Marie Heléne Elisabeth Fritzon (born 29 September 1960) is a Swedish politician of the

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. She has been

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(MEP) and Vice-Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats since July 2019. Fritzon served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2017 to 2019. Before becoming a

cabinet minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ' prime minister', ' p ...

, Fritzon was Mayor of

Kristianstad Municipality Kristianstad Municipality () is a municipality in Skåne County in southernmost Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Kristianstad. The present municipality was created in three steps during the last nationwide local government reform, and it ...

Career

Minister for Migration

Fritzon was appointed Minister for Migration on 27 July 2017. At the same time, she was appointed Deputy Minister for Justice.

Member of the European Parliament

Fritzon was elected

in the

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. In parliament, she has since been serving as vice-chair of the S&D Group, under the leadership of chairwoman

Iratxe García Iratxe García Pérez (; born 7 October 1974) is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). She has served as Member of the European Parliament since 2004, and has served as the Leader of the Progressive Alliance of So ...

. She has also been a member of the

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. In 2022, she joined the Special Committee on the

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Fritzon has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the

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. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity and the

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.Members
European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.

Personal life

Fritzon is married to

Henrik Fritzon Henrik Fritzon (born 3 July 1972) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He was the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Skåne Regional Council

, the former chair of the executive committee of the

Skåne Regional Council Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...

(2014–2018), and they live in Degeberga,

References

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