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 | Mönsterås, Sweden | 16 January 1958
Political party | Centre Party |
Spouse | Anders Ek |
Children | 4, including Magnus Ek |
Alma mater | Lund University |
Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958) 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, was chairman of the Centre Party Youth from 2015 to 2019.