Anna Lindh
| Anna Lindh | |
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Lindh in 2002
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 7 October 1998 – 11 September 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Lena Hjelm-Wallén |
| Succeeded by | Jan O. Karlsson (acting) |
| Constituency | Södermanland county |
| Personal details | |
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Ylva Anna Maria Lindh 19 June 1957 Enskede-Årsta, Sweden |
| Died | 11 September 2003 (aged 46) , Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Bo Holmberg (married 1991–2003) |
| Children | Filip, David |
Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (19 June 1957 – 11 September 2003) was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League from 1984 to 1990 and a member of parliament from 1982 to 1985 and 1998 to 2003. Joining the government as minister of environment in 1994, she was elevated to minister for foreign affairs by prime minister Göran Persson in 1998 and considered his successor as party chairman and prime minister (neither of which posts had ever been held by a woman) before her assassination in September 2003.
Lindh was born to Staffan and Nancy Lindh in Enskede-Årsta, a suburb southeast of , and grew up in Grillby (outside Enköping). She became involved in politics at age 12, when she joined the local branch of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League; one of her priorities was protesting against the Vietnam war.
Lindh studied at Uppsala University, graduating as a Candidate of Law (jur. kand.) in 1982 (the year she was elected a member of parliament). In 1984 she became the first female president of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League. Her six years as president were marked by a commitment to international affairs (including Nicaragua, Vietnam, South Africa and Palestine) and against the arms race which characterized the Cold War.
Lindh served in parliament from 1982 until 1985, and again from 1998 until her death in 2003. From 1991 to 1994, she was Commissioner of Culture and Environment and the deputy mayor of Stockholm. In 1994, after a Social Democratic victory, prime minister Ingvar Carlsson appointed her minister for the environment. One of Lindh's legacies was her pioneering work towards European Union legislation on hazardous chemical substances. She also called for the establishment of a common EU strategy against acid rain.
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