Lena Ek

Lena Ek
Minister for the Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 September 2011
Prime Minister	Fredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded by	Andreas Carlgren
Member of the European Parliament
In office 2004–2011
Constituency	Sweden
Member of the Riksdag
In office 1998–2004
Constituency	Östergötland County
Personal details
Born	16 January 1958 (1958-01-16) Mönsterås, Kalmar County
Political party	Centre Party
Spouse(s)	Anders Ek
Alma mater	Lund University
Occupation	Jurist

Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958 in Mönsterås, Kalmar County) is a Swedish politician, current Minister for the Environment and 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.

Career

• 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)

External links

• European Parliament biography
• Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (Swedish)
• Lena Ek's weblog (Swedish)

Preceded by Andreas Carlgren

Minister for the Environment 2011—

Succeeded by Incumbent