Anders Flanking

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Anders Flanking
Governor of Gotland County
Assumed office
1 June 2019
Appointed byLöfven cabinet
Preceded byCecilia Schelin Seidegård
Personal details
Born (1957-10-04) 4 October 1957 (age 66)
Skövde, Västergötland, Sweden
Political partyCentre Party
Children3

Per Anders Daniel Flanking (born 4 October 1957) is a Swedish politician and civil servant. As of 1 June 2019, he is serving as

Secretary of State
between 2011–2014.

Biography

He is born and raised in Skövde, Sweden, and studied the Social Science Programme in high school. Between 1978–1979 and 1985–1988, Flanking attended the Karlberg Military Academy and studied human resources at the University of Gothenburg respectivaly, the latter of which he dropped out of. After his studies, Flanking worked in several professions, including Senior Consultant at KPMG between 1998–2000 and as a military officer.

At 19 years of age, he was elected Member of the Municipal Council of Skövde, and later promoted to Chairman of the Municipal Board of Skövde in 1989. As chairman, he participated in the 1991 election and was responsible for increasing the Centre Party's vote count by two-fold, both locally and nationally. This resulted in massa media began reporting about the "Flanking Effect". The vote increase trend continued after the 1994 election. In 1995, Flanking was made Member of the Centre Party's Executive Committee and of its section for local government politics. He took a break from politics following the turn of the millennium.

Flanking returned in 2005 and was made Chairman of the Centre Party's Nominating Committee, and in 2006, candidated to the City Council of Gothenburg. The same year, he succeeded

Governor of Gotland County was announced in May 2019.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Anders Flanking new Governor of Gotland County" (in Swedish). Länsstyrelsen i Gotlands län. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  2. ^ "Anders Flanking ny partisekreterare för centern - DN.SE". www.dn.se. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Party Executive Board" (in Swedish). Centre Party. 2010-08-10. Archived from the original on 2010-08-11. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  4. ^ "Anders Flanking State Secretary to Environment Minister Lena Ek" (in Swedish). Government of Sweden. 2011-09-30. Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2020-04-04.