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In October 2014, Romson used an outlawed type of paint on the bottom of the ship she lives on. She claimed ignorance on both counts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/romsons-miss--inget-kryphal-for-bottenfarg/|title=Åsa Romsons miss – det finns inget kryphål för bottenfärgen|website=Expressen|access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref>
In October 2014, Romson used an outlawed type of paint on the bottom of the ship she lives on. She claimed ignorance on both counts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/romsons-miss--inget-kryphal-for-bottenfarg/|title=Åsa Romsons miss – det finns inget kryphål för bottenfärgen|website=Expressen|access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref>


On April 19, 2016, she described the [[September 11 attacks]] on the World Trade Center as an accident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3547291/Sweden-s-deputy-PM-sparks-outcry-describing-9-11-Twin-Towers-attack-September-11-accidents.html|title=Sweden’s deputy PM describes 9/11 Twin Towers attack as ‘September 11 accidents’|date=19 April 2016|work=Mail Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nypost.com/2016/04/19/swedish-deputy-pm-calls-911-an-accident/|title=Swedish deputy PM calls 9/11 an ‘accident’|last=Li|first=David K.|website=New York Post|access-date=2016-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20160419/swedens-deputy-pm-defends-911-accident-gaffe|title=Sweden's deputy leader defends 9/11 'accident' gaffe|date=2016-04-19|website=www.thelocal.se|access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref>
On April 19, 2016, she described the [[September 11 attacks]] on the World Trade Center as an accident (this claim in dispute)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3547291/Sweden-s-deputy-PM-sparks-outcry-describing-9-11-Twin-Towers-attack-September-11-accidents.html|title=Sweden’s deputy PM describes 9/11 Twin Towers attack as ‘September 11 accidents’|date=19 April 2016|work=Mail Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nypost.com/2016/04/19/swedish-deputy-pm-calls-911-an-accident/|title=Swedish deputy PM calls 9/11 an ‘accident’|last=Li|first=David K.|website=New York Post|access-date=2016-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.se/20160419/swedens-deputy-pm-defends-911-accident-gaffe|title=Sweden's deputy leader defends 9/11 'accident' gaffe|date=2016-04-19|website=www.thelocal.se|access-date=2016-05-10}}</ref>


Romson announced her intention in May 2016 to resign from the Government, following the Green Party's decision not to nominate her for the party leadership for another term.<ref>SVT.se: [http://www.svt.se/nyheter/romson-avgar-ur-regeringen]</ref>
Romson announced her intention in May 2016 to resign from the Government, following the Green Party's decision not to nominate her for the party leadership for another term.<ref>SVT.se: [http://www.svt.se/nyheter/romson-avgar-ur-regeringen]</ref>

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Åsa Romson
Minister for the Environment
Assumed office
3 October 2014
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Preceded byLena Ek
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
Assumed office
3 October 2014
Serving with Margot Wallström (Acting)
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Preceded byJan Björklund
Spokesperson of the Green Party
Assumed office
21 May 2011
Serving with Gustav Fridolin
Preceded byMaria Wetterstrand
Peter Eriksson
Member of the Riksdag
In office
4 October 2010 – 3 October 2014
ConstituencyStockholm Municipality
Personal details
Born (1972-03-22) 22 March 1972 (age 52)
Stockholm, Sweden
Political partyGreen Party
Alma materStockholm University
ProfessionLawyer

Åsa Elisabeth Romson (born 22 March 1972) is a Swedish politician who has been Minister for the Environment and ceremonial Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden in the Swedish Government since 2014. She is a member of the Green Party and one of its spokespersons along with Gustav Fridolin since 2011.

Political career

She has been a member of the Swedish parliament since the 2010 election.[1]

Between 2002-2010 she was a member of the city council in Stockholm.[2] Since the 2010 election she has been a spokesperson for environmental and climate policy. In the late 1990s, she was a member of the Green Party and the Young Greens of Sweden.

On 29 March 2011, she was proposed as one of the candidates[3] to be the Green Party's new spokesperson, together with Gustav Fridolin. They were elected on 21 May 2011.

In 2012 Romson completed a Ph.D in environmental law at Stockholm University.[4]

Since 2014 she is the Minister for the Environment and Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden in the Löfven Cabinet.

In October 2014, Romson used an outlawed type of paint on the bottom of the ship she lives on. She claimed ignorance on both counts.[5]

On April 19, 2016, she described the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center as an accident (this claim in dispute)[6][7][8]

Romson announced her intention in May 2016 to resign from the Government, following the Green Party's decision not to nominate her for the party leadership for another term.[9]

References

  1. ^ Her own CV at
  2. ^ Her own CV at
  3. ^ http://www.asaromson.se/miljo/soker-ett-intressant-uppdrag/
  4. ^ http://www.su.se/om-oss/press-media-nyheter/pressrum/%C3%A5sa-romson-disputerar-i-milj%C3%B6r%C3%A4tt-1.85448
  5. ^ "Åsa Romsons miss – det finns inget kryphål för bottenfärgen". Expressen. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  6. ^ "Sweden's deputy PM describes 9/11 Twin Towers attack as 'September 11 accidents'". Mail Online. 19 April 2016.
  7. ^ Li, David K. "Swedish deputy PM calls 9/11 an 'accident'". New York Post. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  8. ^ "Sweden's deputy leader defends 9/11 'accident' gaffe". www.thelocal.se. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  9. ^ SVT.se: [1]
Political offices
Preceded by Spokesperson of the Green Party
2011–present
Alongside:
Gustav Fridolin
Incumbent
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
2014–present
Serving with:
Margot Wallström (acting)
Preceded by Minister for the Environment
2014–present