Annie Lööf
Annie Lööf Minister for Enterprise | |
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In office 29 September 2011 – 3 October 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
Preceded by | Maud Olofsson |
Succeeded by | Mikael Damberg |
Member of the Riksdag | |
In office 17 September 2006 – 19 February 2023 | |
Constituency | Jönköping County |
Personal details | |
Born | Annie Marie Therése Johansson 16 July 1983 Värnamo, Sweden |
Political party | Centre Party |
Spouse |
Carl-Johan Lööf (m. 2011) |
Children | 2 |
Parent |
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Alma mater | Lund University (LL.M.) |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | annieloof |
Annie Marie Therése Lööf (
Early life and career
Annie Lööf was born and raised in the small village of Maramö, near Värnamo. [2] During her last year at Finnvedens Secondary School in Värnamo, where she studied social sciences, she developed an interest in politics.
In her youth, she was a soccer goalkeeper, playing for IFK Värnamo's women's team.[3]
Political career
Early beginnings
At the end of 2001 Lööf joined the Centre Party. During the
Member of Parliament, 2006–2023
In the general election of 2006 Lööf was elected to the Riksdag, being at that time the youngest member of the legislature.[5]
In January 2007, together with her colleague Fredrick Federley, Lööf initiated the Liberal Group, a network of liberal-minded people both inside and outside the Riksdag. She has also been the vice president of CUF. For several years she served on the board of the Nordic Centre Youth Federation, Scandinavia's second largest youth organization.[citation needed]
In 2008 Lööf was awarded the "Young European Leadership Program" grant from the United States Embassy.[citation needed]
Before she became a minister and party leader, Annie Lööf was member of the Committee on Finance, the
During her two terms, she has been active in municipal politics in Värnamo, as deputy of the
After the 2010 general election, Lööf was elected chairman of the National Post-Election Analysis Group the Centre Party appointed. The Analysis Group presented its report in January 2011. The same year she became Spokesperson for Financial and Economic Affairs of her party.[6] On 31 August 2011 the Centre Partys Nomination Commité proposed Annie Lööf as the Party President and on the party's congress in Åre on 23 September she was elected by acclamation.[7]
Leader of the Centre Party, 2011–2023
Lööf was elected leader and party president on 23 September 2011, succeeding Maud Olofsson, at the party congress in Åre. She thus became the Centre Party's youngest-ever party leader.
On 29 September 2011 Lööf succeeded
During
On 6 August 2012 Lööf dismissed
On 8 August, it became known that Lööf used taxpayers' money for a number of restaurant visits, including banquets for her staff.[13] A memo was revealed to have amounted 20 000 SEK.[14] The Centre Party has subsequently repaid these expenses to the treasury, as it was for party activities.[15]
After the parliamentary election in 2014, Lööf's trust figures raised dramatically. In 2017, Annie Lööf had the highest trust figures of any major political party leader in Sweden by Swedish voters.[16][17]
Following the inconclusive elections in 2018, the speaker of Sweden’s parliament Andreas Norlén asked Lööf to explore the possibility of forming a new government.[18] Löof subsequently tried to build support for a broad government which excluded the Sweden Democrats and the Left Party and kept intact the centre-right Alliance, a four-party bloc of which the Center is part.[19] She abandoned her bid to form a new government one week later.[20] In January 2019, she eventually led her party to abandon its traditional center-right allies and back Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven as Prime Minister.[2]
Following the
Other activities
- Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group[23]
- Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society, Member of the Advisory Council
- Coompanion, Member of the Board of Directors
Personal life
Lööf is the daughter of Centre Party politician Hans-Göran Johansson, the former Mayor of Värnamo Municipality. On 30 July 2011 Lööf married Carl-Johan Lööf at which point they took his mother's maiden name as surname.[24] On 10 September 2015 she gave birth to a daughter named Ester.[25][26] She had a second daughter, Saga, on 3 December 2019 who was born prematurely.[27][28] They live in Nacka, Stockholm.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Enig centerrörelse valde Annie Lööf till ny partiordförande" (Press release) (in Swedish). Centre Party. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ a b Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson (18 January 2019), Braving outrage, Swedish liberal Loof dumps partners to block populists Reuters.
- ^ Mattias Sundler (23 September 2011). "Lite utöver det vanliga" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Vi får inte glömma Nigerdeltat (Almedalsveckan – fredag" (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ "Födelseår". Sveriges Riksdag. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ "Centerpartiets förnyelse i fokus när nya talespersoner utses" (Press release). Centerpartiet. 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 November 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ TT (23 September 2011). "Annie Lööf redo för rivstart". Göteborgs-Posten. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ "Lööf want to see a reawakening (in Swedish)". Expressen. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Cold war in the Alliance (in Swedish)". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "S-leader: "It shows too little respect" (in Swedish)". Expressen. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Christina Lugnet gets fired from Tillväxtverket (in Swedish)". Expressen. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Against their own rules. (in Swedish)". di.se. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Lööf get criticized – from all sides. (in Swedish)". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Here is the minister's tavern bills. (in Swedish)". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Olof Johansson (C): "They can afford it.". (in Swedish)". Expressen. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Annie Lööf ny etta på förtroendelistan - DN.SE". DN.SE (in Swedish). 25 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ TT. "Annie Lööf i förtroendetopp". SvD.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Eline Schaart (15 November 2018), Swedish Centre Party leader to head new government talks Politico Europe.
- ^ Niklas Pollard and Robin Pomeroy (22 November 2018), Swedish government talks stalled as Center party leader gives up Reuters.
- ^ Eline Schaart (22 November 2018), Swedish government talks stall again Politico Europe.
- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (15 September 2022). "Lööf avgår som C-ledare". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ Muharrem Demirok elected leader of the Centre Party (in Swedish) 2023-02-02
- ^ Membership Archived 1 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine Trilateral Commission.
- ^ "Centerpolitikern Annie Johansson har gift sig". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Annie Lööf har fött barn" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ "Annie Lööf gravid: "Vår dotter ska bli storasyster"" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Annie Lööf har fått en dotter" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Annie Lööf (C) tackar neonatalvården" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
External links
- Media related to Annie Lööf at Wikimedia Commons
- Annie Lööf at the Riksdag website
- Official website (in Swedish)