Margot Wallström
| Margot Wallström | |
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Wallström in 2006
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| Minister for Nordic Cooperation | |
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Assumed office 25 May 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Kristina Persson |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Acting |
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Assumed office 3 October 2014 Serving with Åsa Romson (2014-2016) Isabella Lövin (2016- ) |
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| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Jan Björklund |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 3 October 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Carl Bildt |
| First Vice President of the European Commission | |
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In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Loyola de Palacio |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Ashton |
| European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy | |
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In office 22 November 2004 – 9 February 2010 |
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| President | José Manuel Barroso |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Maroš Šefčovič (Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration) |
| European Commissioner for the Environment | |
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In office 13 September 1999 – 11 November 2004 |
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| President | Romano Prodi |
| Preceded by | Ritt Bjerregaard |
| Succeeded by | Stavros Dimas |
| Personal details | |
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28 September 1954 Skellefteå, Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
| Spouse(s) | Håkan Wallström |
| Children | 2 |
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Margot Elisabeth Wallström (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmarːɡɔt ˈvalːˈstrœm]; born 28 September 1954) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and has served as the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister since 3 October 2014.
Wallström previously served as European Commissioner for the Environment from 1999 to 2004 and as European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy from 2004 to 2009. She was also the first of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission. After that, she worked as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Born in Skellefteå, Wallström is a high school graduate without academic degrees in 1973, She started her career as banking clerk in Alfa Savings bank in Karlstad, where she worked from 1977 till 1979 and then briefly as accountant from 1986 to 1987. Wallström worked as the CEO of a regional Värmland TV network in Sweden from 1973 to 1974 and before taking up her appointment as EU Commissioner she was the executive vice-president of Worldview Global Media in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Wallström has had a long career in politics in the Swedish parliament, the Swedish government, and the European Commission. At 25, she was elected to parliament. She was Environment Commissioner from 1999 to 2004 and in the Swedish government she was Minister for Consumer Affairs, Women and Youth in 1988–1991, Minister for Culture in 1994–1996 and Minister for Social Affairs in 1996–1998.
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