Ylva Johansson | |
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European Commissioner for Home Affairs | |
Assumed office 1 December 2019 | |
President | Ursula von der Leyen |
Preceded by | Dimitris Avramopoulos |
Minister for Employment | |
In office 3 October 2014 – 10 September 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
Preceded by | Elisabeth Svantesson |
Succeeded by | Eva Nordmark |
Minister for Health and Elderly Care | |
In office 13 September 2004 – 6 October 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Lars Engqvist (as Minister for Health and Social Affairs) |
Succeeded by | Göran Hägglund (Health Care) Maria Larsson (Elderly Care) |
Minister for Schools | |
In office 7 October 1994 – 7 October 1998 | |
Prime Minister | Ingvar Carlsson Göran Persson |
Preceded by | Beatrice Ask |
Succeeded by | Ingegerd Wärnersson |
Member of Parliament for Stockholm Municipality | |
In office 6 October 2006 – 5 September 2019 | |
In office 4 October 1988 – 30 September 1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Huddinge, Sweden | 13 February 1964
Political party | Social Democrats (1992–present) |
Other political affiliations | VPK (–1992) |
Spouse(s) |
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Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Lund University Stockholm Institute of Education |
Ylva Julia Margareta Johansson (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Sweden's European Commissioner in the von der Leyen Commission since 1 December 2019.
Johansson was previously Minister for Schools from 1994 to 1998, Minister for Health and Elderly Care from 2004 to 2006 and Minister for Employment from 2014 to 2019 in the Government of Sweden. She was Member of Parliament representing Stockholm Municipality, from 1988 to 1991 for the Left Party – Communists and from 2006 to 2019 for the Social Democrats.