Cecilia Malmström
| Cecilia Malmström | |
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| European Commissioner for Trade | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2014 |
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| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by | Karel De Gucht |
| European Commissioner for Home Affairs | |
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In office 9 February 2010 – 1 November 2014 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Jacques Barrot |
| Succeeded by | Dimitris Avramopoulos (Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship) |
| Minister for European Union Affairs | |
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In office 6 October 2006 – 22 January 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Birgitta Ohlsson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Anna Cecilia Malmström 15 May 1968 , Sweden |
| Political party |
 Swedish:Liberal People's Party  EU:Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| Spouse(s) | Erik Lagger |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Gothenburg University of Paris |
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| Website | Official website |
Anna Cecilia Malmström (born 15 May 1968) is a Swedish politician who has served as European Commissioner for Trade since 2014, having previously served as European Commissioner for Home Affairs from 2010 to 2014.
Prior to her appointment as a Commissioner, she had served as a Member of the European Parliament 1999–2006 and as Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs 2006–2010. She is a member of the Swedish Liberal Party, a constituent member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Cecilia Malmström was born in Brännkyrka parish in and grew up in Gothenburg.
She was a student at the University of Gothenburg from 1992 to 1999, becoming a research assistant (1994). She then gained a PhD in political science with a thesis titled The Region, the Power and the Glory: Regional Parties in Western Europe (1998), and became a senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg (1998–99). Her thesis was on regional parties in western Europe, focusing on Catalonia (Spain) and northern Italy. She has researched and taught in the fields of European politics, regionalism, immigration and terrorism.
Malmström has also worked in Stuttgart and in Barcelona.
She is fluent in Swedish, English, Spanish and French, and has intermediate skills in German and Italian.
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