Åsa Romson
Åsa Romson | |
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Minister for the Environment | |
In office 3 October 2014 – 25 May 2016 |
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Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
Preceded by | Lena Ek |
Succeeded by | Karolina Skog |
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden | |
In office 3 October 2014 – 25 May 2016 Serving with Margot Wallström (Acting) |
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Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
Preceded by | Jan Björklund |
Succeeded by | Isabella Lövin |
Spokesperson of the Green Party | |
In office 21 May 2011 – 13 May 2016 Serving with Gustav Fridolin |
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Preceded by | Maria Wetterstrand Peter Eriksson |
Succeeded by | Isabella Lövin Gustav Fridolin |
Member of the Riksdag | |
Assumed office 25 May 2016 |
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Constituency | Stockholm Municipality |
In office 4 October 2010 – 3 October 2014 |
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Personal details | |
Born | Stockholm, Sweden |
22 March 1972
Political party | Green Party |
Alma mater | Stockholm University |
Profession | Lawyer |
Åsa Elisabeth Romson (born 22 March 1972) is a Swedish politician who was the Minister for the Environment and ceremonial Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden in the Swedish Government from 2014 to 2016. She is a member of the Green Party and served as of its spokespersons along with Gustav Fridolin between 2011 and 2016.
Political career
She has been a member of the Swedish parliament since the 2010 election.[1]
Between 2002-2010 she was a member of the city council in Stockholm.[2] Since the 2010 election she has been a spokesperson for environmental and climate policy. In the late 1990s, she was a member of the Green Party and the Young Greens of Sweden.
On 29 March 2011, she was proposed as one of the candidates[3] to be the Green Party's new spokesperson, together with Gustav Fridolin. They were elected on 21 May 2011.
In 2012 Romson completed a Ph.D in environmental law at Stockholm University.[4]
Since 2014 she is the Minister for the Environment and Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden in the Löfven Cabinet.
In October 2014, Romson used an outlawed type of paint on the bottom of the ship she lives on. She claimed ignorance on both counts.[5]
On April 19, 2016, she described the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center as an accident[6][7][8] She explained that the disaster she was referring to in that context (the Swedish word Olycka meaning both accident or disaster) was that the topic of integration had become inflamed as a result of 911.[9]
Romson announced her intention in May 2016 to resign from the Government, following the Green Party's decision not to nominate her for the party leadership for another term.[10]
References
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- ↑ http://www.asaromson.se/miljo/soker-ett-intressant-uppdrag/
- ↑ http://www.su.se/om-oss/press-media-nyheter/pressrum/%C3%A5sa-romson-disputerar-i-milj%C3%B6r%C3%A4tt-1.85448
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Political offices | ||
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Preceded by | Spokesperson of the Green Party 2011–2016 Alongside: Gustav Fridolin |
Succeeded by Gustav Fridolin Isabella Lövin |
Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden 2014–2016 Serving with: Margot Wallström (acting) |
Succeeded by Isabella Lövin |
Preceded by | Minister for the Environment 2014–2016 |
Succeeded by Karolina Skog |