Anders W. Jonsson
Anders W. Jonsson Center Party | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2011 | |
Preceded by | Roger Tiefensee |
Member of the Riksdag | |
Assumed office 10 October 2010 | |
Preceded by | Sven Bergström |
Constituency | Gävleborg County |
Personal details | |
Born | Svegs Parish, Center Party | 24 June 1961
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Profession | Politician, paediatrician |
Olof Anders Wedin Jonsson, (born Jonsson 24 June 1961 in Svegs Parish,
Biography
Anders W. Jonsson was born in Svegs Parish, Härjedalen, Jämtland County, and grew up in Kälarne and lives since the early 1990s on a farm in Hedesunda, in the southernmost part of Gävle Municipality, with his wife and two daughters.
During the 1990s, Jonsson trained as a
During his teenaged years, he was active in the Center Party's Youth Organisation (CUF).[4] The issues he considered most important at the time were the fight against apartheid and the opposition to nuclear power and the Social Democrats' relocation policy. He ended his time at CUF by being the union's first vice president between 1987 and 1989.
During the period 1989–1993, Jonsson was chairman of the National Council of Swedish Youth Organizations, LSU (Landsrådet för Sveriges Ungdomsorganisationer ). Jonsson's political involvement then continued in the Center Party as a member of the municipal council and for nine years as district chairman in Gävleborg County.
Tasks in the Riksdag
At the Center Party's party meeting in Åre, Anders W. Jonsson was appointed the party's 1st vice-chairman. In October 2011, Anders W. Jonsson was appointed group leader in the Riksdag. He succeeded Roger Tiefensee.
During the term of office 2006–2010, Jonsson worked as a negotiator at the Center Party's Coordination Office at the Prime Minister's Office. He was responsible for the Ministry of Social Affairs' issues and worked with issues dealt with by Minister of Social Affairs Göran Hägglund, Minister of the Elderly and Public Health
Since the 2010 election, Jonsson has been a member of the Center Party's election analysis group, which, led by Annie Lööf, analyzed the previous term, the election movement, and the Center Party's election results in 2010. He was also chairman of the renewal group tasked with working on a renewed welfare policy.
Term of office 2010–2014
Jonsson was one out of three main candidates to take over the position as the party leader of the Center Party during the party meeting in Åre in September 2011.[5] On 31 December 2011 Annie Lööf was nominated, and Jonsson took back his candidacy.[6] At the meeting he was elected as vice-party leader.
Term of office 2018–2022
Jonsson has since the beginning of 2020 been a substitute for Annie Lööf as party leader since she is on parental leave. When Annie Lööf came back from her leave Jonsson continues his work as a regular member of the Riksdag and as the Parliamentary leader of the Center Party.
References
- ^ a b "Anders W Jonsson". svt.se. Sveriges Television (svt). Archived from the original on 5 February 2016.
- Swedish Riksdag. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- Radio Sweden(in Swedish). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Center Party. Archived from the originalon 20 October 2020.
- Center Party. Archived from the originalon 7 August 2011.
- Center Party. Archived from the originalon 28 September 2011.