Kristina Persson (born 16 April 1945) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats.[1] She served as Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Minister for Strategic Development, under Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, from October 2014 to May 2016.[1]
Kristina Persson | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Minister for Nordic Cooperation | |
| In office 3 October 2014 – 25 May 2016 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Ewa Björling |
| Succeeded by | Margot Wallström |
| Minister for Strategic Development | |
| In office 3 October 2014 – 25 May 2016 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Inger Kristina Persson 16 April 1945 Östersund, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Occupation | Economist |
Career
editPersson started her career in the Ministry of Finance in 1971, moved to the Secretariat for Future Studies and then spent the 1980s in the trade union movement — first at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO), then at the LO-TCO Secretariat of International Trade Union Development, later at the Council of Nordic Trade Unions (NFS) secretariat, and finally at the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO). During the 1990s, she was an MP and then an MEP, before becoming a county governor and deputy governor of the Swedish central bank. From 2007 she led the think tank Global Challenge, which she had founded herself. [2]
Other activities
edit- European Policy Centre (EPC), Member of the Strategic Council[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Jämtlands förre landshövding Kristina Persson blir ny minister. Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Minister for Strategic Development Kristina Persson: make the Arctic "green" — Nordic Labour Journal". Nordiclabourjournal.org. 7 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
- ^ Strategic Council Archived 22 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine European Policy Centre (EPC).
External links
edit
Media related to Kristina Persson at Wikimedia Commons
  | This article about a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |