Ebba Busch

Ebba Busch
Busch in 2022
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Assumed office
18 October 2022
Prime MinisterUlf Kristersson
Preceded byMorgan Johansson
Minister for Energy, Business and Industry
Assumed office
18 October 2022
Prime MinisterUlf Kristersson
Preceded byKhashayar Farmanbar (Energy)
Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson (Business and Industry)
Leader of the Christian Democrats
Assumed office
25 April 2015
Party secretaryAcko Ankarberg Johansson
Peter Kullgren
Johan Ingerö [sv]
Liza-Maria Norlin [sv]
Preceded byGöran Hägglund
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
23 September 2018
ConstituencyVästra Götaland County East
Member of the Uppsala City Council
In office
May 2010 – April 2015
Personal details
Born
Ebba Elisabeth Busch-Christensen

(1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 (age 37)
Uppsala, Sweden
Citizenship
  • Sweden
  • Norway[1]
Political partyChristian Democrats
Spouse
(m. 2013; div. 2020)
Children2
Alma materUppsala University

Ebba-Elisabeth Busch[2] (née Busch-Christensen, formerly Busch Thor; born 11 February 1987) is a Swedish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden, Minister for Energy and the Minister for Business and Industry since October 2022.[3] She has served as Leader of the Christian Democrats since April 2015.

She has criticized the shift towards multiculturalism,[4] and also supports the controversial move to shift Swedish embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.[5][6] She argues that Turkish membership in the EU should be rejected.[7]

In March 2021, Busch was embroiled in a criminal investigation for defamation, in which Busch pleaded guilty to a charge of grave defamation, resulting in probation and a SEK 60,000 fine.[8]

  1. ^ "Ebba Busch Thor: "Jag vaknade och var ledsen varje morgon"". 7 July 2018. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Ebba-Elisabeth Busch". Upplysning.se. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Sweden's new Government". Government of Sweden. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ ""Strama åt migrationen till våra grannländers nivå" | SvD Debatt". Svenska Dagbladet. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2023 – via www.svd.se.
  5. ^ "Ebba Busch Thor för ambassadflytt till Jerusalem | Keren Kajemet Sverige". kkl.nu. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. ^ ""Att hålla hand med Trump räddar inte KD" | SvD Debatt". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 7 December 2017. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  7. ^ "KD vill stoppa EU:s medlemsförhandlingar med Turkiet". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 3 May 2019. ISSN 1101-2447. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Förtalade mannens advokat: Kommer söka skadestånd". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.