Lena Ek

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Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Spouse(s) Anders Ek Education Lund University Political party Centre Party Role Swedish Politician		Succeeded by Asa Romson Name Lena Ek Preceded by Andreas Carlgren Children 4 Party Centre Party


Born 16 January 1958 (age 66) Monsteras, Sweden ( 1958-01-16 )

Lena ek on the work programme of the swedish presidency

Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958 in Mönsterås, Kalmar County) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for the Environment from 2011 to 2014. She is a former Member of the European Parliament and 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 European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She was also a substitute for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Her son, Magnus Ek, is chairman of the Centre Party Youth since 2015.

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)

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