Lena Ek
Lena Ek | |
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| Minister for the Environment | |
| In office 29 September 2011 – 3 October 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Andreas Carlgren |
| Succeeded by | Åsa Romson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1958 Mönsterås, Sweden |
| Political party | Centre Party |
| Spouse | Anders Ek |
| Children | 4, including Magnus Ek |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958 in
Member of the Riksdag. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
.
She sat on the
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
.
Her son, Magnus Ek, was chairman of the Centre Party Youth from 2015 to 2019.
Career
- Degree in law
- University lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Lund University (1987–1994)
- District Chairwoman, Centre Party, Östergötland (1993–1995)
- Chairwoman of Centre Party women's association (1998–2000)
- Member of the Centre Party executive (since 1998)
- Member of the party's executive committee (since 2000)
- Municipal Commissioner, Valdemarsvik(1994–1998)
- County councillor and substitute member of the Östergötland County Council Executive Committee (1994–1998)
- Member of the Swedish Parliament (1998–2004)
- Centre Party's spokesman on economic policy (1998–2004)
- Member of the European Parliament (2004-2011)
- Minister for the Environment (2011– 2014)
External links
- European Parliament biography[permanent dead link]
- Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in Swedish)
- Lena Ek's weblog (in Swedish)
