Marita Ulvskog

Marita Ulvskog MEP


Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2009
Constituency	Sweden
Secretary of the Social Democratic Party
In office 10 September 2004 – 10 March 2009
Leader	Göran Persson Mona Sahlin
Preceded by	Lars Stjernkvist
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Baylan
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
In office 31 October 2003 – 31 May 2004
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Margareta Winberg
Succeeded by	Lars Engqvist
Minister for Culture and Sports
In office 22 March 1996 – 13 September 2004
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Margot Wallström
Succeeded by	Leif Pagrotsky
Minister for Interior Affairs
In office 7 October 1994 – 22 March 1996
Prime Minister	Ingvar Carlsson
Preceded by	Inger Davidsson
Succeeded by	Jörgen Andersson
Member of the Swedish Parliament
In office 20 September 1998 – 16 June 2009
Constituency	Gothenburg
Personal details
Born	Marita Helena Ulvskog (1951-09-04) 4 September 1951 (age 65) Luleå, Sweden
Political party	Swedish Social Democratic Party EU Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Alma mater
Religion	Church of Sweden

Marita Helena Ulvskog (born 4 September 1951) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament from Sweden. She is a member of the Social Democrats, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. She was a member of the Parliament of Sweden 1998-2009. She was the Swedish Minister for Home Affairs from 1994 to 1996 and Minister for Culture from 1996 to 2004. She was the party secretary of the Social Democrats 2004-2009.

On 30 September 2008 it was revealed that Ulvskog would be the number one candidate for the Social Democrats in the 2009 European Parliament election although she during the 90's was involved in the critical debate on EU. She was elected with the strong support of personal votes and now serves as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She is the vice president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats at the European parliament.