Urban Ahlin
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| Speaker of the Riksdag | |
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Assumed office 29 September 2014 |
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| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Preceded by | Per Westerberg |
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Member of the Swedish Riksdag for Västra Götaland County East |
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Assumed office 3 October 1994 |
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13 November 1964 Mariestad, Skaraborg County, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Alma mater | Karlstad University |
| Profession | Teacher |
Urban Christian Ahlin (born 13 November 1964) is a Swedish Social Democratic Party politician and the Speaker of the Riksdag since 2014. He has been a member of the Swedish parliament since 1994, representing the Västra Götaland County East constituency. He was formerly Foreign Policy spokesman for the Social Democrats.
Ahlin was born in Mariestad, Skaraborg County, Sweden. From 1981 to 1982, and again from 1984 to 1985, he was chairman of the local branch of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in Mariestad. Between 1985 and 1990 he was chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League in Skaraborg County. Between 1991 and 1998 he was chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Mariestad, Skaraborg County, and between 1999 and 2002 he was the deputy secretary general of the Social Democratic Party. Since 2005 he is chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Skaraborg County.
Between 1985 and 1990 Ahlin studied at the specialist teacher-training course at Karlstad University. He then worked as a teacher at an upper level elementary school in Mariestad, teaching mathematics and general science, until being elected to the Swedish parliament in 1994.
Between 2002 and 2006 Ahlin was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Swedish parliament. From 2006 to 2014, after the Social Democrats lost power in the 2006 election, he was deputy chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. During this time, Urban Ahlin was the Foreign Policy spokesperson for the Social Democrats in the Swedish Parliament. In Parliament he held a number of different positions. He was a member of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs, a member of the War Delegation, and a deputy member of Committee on European Union Affairs. He was also a member of the party board of the Social Democratic Party.
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