Alice Bah Kuhnke
Alice Bah Kuhnke | |
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Minister for Culture | |
Assumed office 3 October 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
Preceded by | Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth |
Personal details | |
Born | Alice Bah 21 December 1971 Malmö, Sweden |
Political party | Green Party |
Spouse | Johannes Bah Kuhnke |
Website | Alice Bah Kuhnke (mp) |
Alice Bah Kuhnke (born Alice Bah 21 December 1971) is the Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy since October 2014. She is also a former television presenter and one of the founders of the think tank Sektor3.[1] On October 3 she was elected to Minister of culture in the Löfven Cabinet, just three days after becoming member of Miljöpartiet (the Green Party of Sweden).[2]
Biography
Bah grew up in Horda in Småland, Sweden with her Gambian father and Swedish mother. She went to a track and field athletics oriented high school in Växjö, and was one of the country's best female sprinter runners in the late 1980s, with 200 meters being her speciality.[3][4] Her television career began in 1992 with SVT's Disney Club. Between 1998 and 1999, she had her own talk show at TV4[5] and many other television assignments including current events show Kalla fakta.[6]
After she left television to study political science, and has, among other things, been a director at Swedish insurance company Skandia.[7] In 2004–2007 she worked as Secretary General of fair trade organization Rättvisemärkt.[5]
She was a member of the Swedish Church synod 2006–2010,[8] member of the Board of Dramaten Theatre,[9] as well as Vice President of YMCA-YWCA Sweden.[10]
In September 2009 she started as the Environmental and Corporate social responsibility manager at ÅF.[11] Alongside her job at ÅF, she also serves as a board member for internet consultancy firm Doberman.[12]
In October 2014 she was appointed the head of Ministry of Culture in the Löfven Cabinet.[13]
Personal life
Sha was married to TV personality Henrik Johnsson from 1998 to 2002.[14]
Since 2003, she has been married to actor and singer Johannes Bah Kuhnke.[14]
References
- ^ Cecilia Jacobsson (2008-11-03). "Nu går hon in i en helt ny sektor" (in Swedish). DN.se. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ "Alice Bah Kuhnke (MP) är ny kulturminister". SvD.se. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ Sverige-bästa 1986, Svenska Friidrottsförbundets officiella friidrottsstatistik (Sweden's best 1986 – official statistics of the Swedish Athletics Federation) (in Swedish). CEWE-förlaget. 1987.
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(help) - ^ a b "Alice Bah Kuhnke - Värnamo kommun". Varnamo.se. 2008-03-09. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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- ^ "Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ Dramaten dramatenbloggen1.com Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "KFUM Sverige". kfuk-kfum.se. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "ÅF recruits Alice Bah Kuhnke as VP Sustainability & CSR" (Press release). Ad Hoc News. 2009-04-29. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Resumé: Alice Bah till Doberman". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ "Alice Bah Kuhnke ny kulturminister". DN.SE. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Alice Bah har gift sig - med skådis". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-06-11.