Carl Schlyter
Carl Schlyter | |
|---|---|
Kingdom of Sweden | |
| In office July 2004 – July 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 7, 1968 Royal Institute of Technology |
Carl Schlyter (born 7 January 1968 in
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
.
He was also a substitute for the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
.
Leaving Miljöpartiet and starting up a new party called Partiet Vändpunkt
On 16 January 2019, Schlyter announced that he would be leaving the Green Party due to his disagreements with the Social Democrats regarding the
2018-19 government formation.[1] On 13 February, he stated that he would be forming a new political party, Partiet vändpunkt, together with fellow Green Party MPs Annika Lillemets and Valter Mult.[2][3] The party intends to focus on tackling climate change and claims to be critical of neoliberalism[4]
Career
- Chemical engineering specialising in biotechnology and the environment (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1987–1994)
- Research study Impurities in coal (Miami University, Ohio, 1989)
- Museum guide (1994)
- Political secretary of the Green Party in Stockholm City Hall (1994–1995)
- Assistant, European Parliament (1996)
- Responsible for Agenda 21 and the environment, culture and sports administration Stockholm (1997)
- Adviser to the Green Group in the Committee on Budgetary Control (1997–2004)
- Member of the party's Executive (2000–2008)
- Sweden's representative in the European Green Federation (since 2001)
- Sweden's representative in the Global Greens (since 2002)
References
- ^ Gäst (2019-01-17). "Carl Schlyter: Därför lämnar jag Miljöpartiet". ETC (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ Am; am, a Möller Berg. "Uppgifter: MP-avhoppare bildar nytt parti". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- ^ "MP-rebeller bildar nytt parti: Ett kraftcentrum". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-02-13.
External links
- Official website
- European Parliament biography[permanent dead link]
- Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Swedish)
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