Gunnar Hökmark
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Gunnar Hökmark MEP |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 13 June 2004 |
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| Constituency | Sweden |
| Secretary of the Moderate Party | |
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In office 4 October 1991 – 4 September 1999 |
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| Leader | Carl Bildt |
| Preceded by | Per Unckel |
| Succeeded by | Johnny Magnusson |
| Member of the Swedish Parliament | |
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In office 19 September 1982 – 13 June 2004 |
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Anders Gunnar Hökmark 19 September 1952 Ystad, Skåne County, Sweden |
| Political party |
 SwedishModerate Party  EUEuropean People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Agnetha Hökmark (1979–2009; her death) Isabella Lehander (2014–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
| Religion | Church of Sweden |
Anders Gunnar Hökmark (born 19 September 1952 in Ystad) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden. He is member of the Moderate Party, part of the European People's Party.
Hökmark is Vice Chairman of the EPP Group, the largest group in the European Parliament with 265 members. He is the leader of the Swedish delegation to the EPP and active in the Committee of Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee of Industry, Energy and Research. He is a member of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis as well as the Special Committee on the Policy Challenges and Budgetary Resources for a Sustainable European Union after 2013.
Hökmark finished a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics at Lund university in 1975 and joined Swedish Unilever 1976 as trainee and became product manager 1977. After his military education, parallel with his university studies, he became an officer in the Armoured Forces of the Swedish Army and is today a captain in the reserve.
In 1979 he was elected Chairman of the Moderate Youth League, a position he held till 1984. From 1981 to 1983 he was Chairman of the Democratic Youth Community of Europe (DEMYC).
Hökmark was elected to the Swedish Parliament in the 1982 elections. He served in the Swedish Parliament from 1982 to 2004 as a representative for the region. In the Parliament he was the spokesman on privacy policy, energy policy and economic affairs, as well as President of the Standing Committee on Constitutional Affairs.
In 1986 he became managing director of Timbro Idea and developed the think tank division of Timbro, which is today the leading think tank in Sweden. During the time at Timbro he headed the think tank and research activities and took also the initiative to and launched the City University in 1988.
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