Ardalan Shekarabi

Ardalan Shekarabi
Minister for Social Security
In office
1 October 2019 – 17 October 2022
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Magdalena Andersson
Preceded byAnnika Strandhäll
Succeeded byAnna Tenje
Minister for Public Administration
In office
3 October 2014 – 1 October 2019
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Preceded byStefan Attefall
Succeeded byLena Micko
Member of the Swedish Riksdag
for Uppsala County
In office
15 April 2013 – 3 October 2014
Personal details
Born (1978-11-28) 28 November 1978 (age 45)
Manchester, United Kingdom
Political partySocial Democrats
SpouseTherese Skoglund Shekarabi
OccupationJurist

Ardalan Shekarabi (Persian: اردلان شکرآبی; born 28 November 1978) is a Swedish social democratic politician. He was chairman for his party's youth league SSU 2003–2005.[1] He was minister for social security from 2019 to 2022, and had previously served as minister for public administration from 2014 to 2019.[2] From January to October 2019 he was also minister for consumer affairs.[3]

  1. ^ "Nödvändig konflikt inom SSU". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 7 August 2003. Archived from the original on 16 November 2009.
  2. ^ "New ministers at the Ministry of Finance". Government Offices of Sweden. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ^ Eklundh, Johanna (21 January 2019). "Alla Löfven-regeringens ministrar – hela listan". SVT Nyheter. Retrieved 22 January 2019.