Mikael Damberg
| Mikael Damberg | |
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| Minister for Enterprise | |
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Assumed office 3 October 2014 |
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| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Annie Lööf |
| Leader of the Social Democrats in the Swedish Riksdag |
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In office 23 February 2012 – 3 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Carina Moberg |
| Succeeded by | Tomas Eneroth |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
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Assumed office 30 September 2002 |
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13 October 1971 Solna, , Sweden |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
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Lars Mikael Damberg (born 13 October 1971) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He has been Minister for Enterprise since 3 October 2014. He has been Member of the Riksdag since 2002, representing , and was leader of the Social Democrats in the Riksdag from 2012 to 2014.
Damberg was born in Solna, , Sweden. His father is the former Swedish Social Democratic party treasurer Nils-Gösta Damberg and his mother former chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Youth Riita-Liisa Damberg. He joined the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in the late 1980s and served as a member of the board of the organization between 1993 and 1997. He also served as a member of the municipal council in Solna Municipality between 1991 and 2002. He is chairman of the Social Democratic party district in Stockholm County since 2004.
Between 1995 and 1997, Damberg worked as a political assistant to Minister for Defence Thage G. Peterson, and between 1997 and 1999 as political assistant and speechwriter to Prime Minister Göran Persson. Between 1999 and 2003, he was chairman of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League.
Damberg has served as a member of the Swedish parliament since 2002, representing the constituency. In the parliament he served as deputy chairman of the Committee on Education and as a member of the War Delegation. He has served as a member of the Committee on Education since 2002. He previously served as a deputy member of the Committee on Defence between 2002 and 2006, and as a deputy member of the Committee on Finance between 2006 and 2010.
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