Åsa Romson
Åsa Romson | |
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Green Party | |
| In office 21 May 2011 – 13 May 2016 Serving with Gustav Fridolin | |
| Preceded by | Maria Wetterstrand Peter Eriksson |
| Succeeded by | Isabella Lövin Gustav Fridolin |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 7 June 2016 – 14 July 2017 | |
| In office 18 May 2013 – 2 October 2014 | |
| In office 4 October 2010 – 22 November 2012 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 March 1972 Salem, Sweden |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University (JD) |
| Profession | Politician |
Åsa Elisabeth Romson (born 22 March 1972) is a
In 2012, Romson completed a doctorate in environmental law at Stockholm University.[1]
Political career
In the late 1990s, she was a member of the
On 29 March 2011, she was nominated as one of the candidates[3] to be the Green Party's new spokesperson, together with Gustav Fridolin. They were elected on 21 May 2011.
She started serving as the Minister for the Environment and Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden in the
Controversies
In October 2014, Romson used an outlawed type of paint on the bottom of the boat she lives on. She claimed ignorance on both counts.[5]
On 19 April 2016, she described the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center as "olycka" (meaning "accident", "disaster" or "misfortune" depending on context).[6][7] She explained that the disaster she was referring to in that context (the Swedish word "olycka" can mean accident or disaster) was that the topic of integration had become inflamed as a result of the attack.[8]
References
- ^ Åsa Romson disputerar su.se Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Åsa Romson / Miljöpartiet de gröna". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
- ^ Söker ett intressant uppdrag asaromson.se Archived 2012-05-25 at archive.today
- ^ Nyheter, SVT. "Romson avgår ur regeringen". Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ "Åsa Romsons miss – det finns inget kryphål för bottenfärgen". Expressen. Archived from the original on 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ Li, David K. "Swedish deputy PM calls 9/11 an 'accident'". New York Post. Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
- ^ "Sweden's deputy leader defends 9/11 'accident' gaffe". www.thelocal.se. 2016-04-19. Archived from the original on 2016-05-15. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
- ^ Nyheter, SVT. "Romson: 11 september en "olycka"". Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
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