Minister for Gender Equality Jämställdhetsminister |
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Member of | The Government |
Appointer | The Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | Ulla Lindström |
Formation | 1954 |
Website | www.sweden.gov.se |
The Minister for Gender Equality (Swedish: Jämställdhetsministern) is a cabinet minister within the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.
The minister is responsible for issues regarding gender equality, popular education and policies for the civil society. The current Minister for Gender Equality is Åsa Regnér, appointed on 3 October 2014. She concurrently serves as Minister for Children and the Elderly.
The office of Minister for Gender Equality have been under several different ministries since its founding in 1954.