Peter Hultqvist | |
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Peter Hultqvist as newly appointed minister in Stockholm on 3 October 2014.
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Minister for Defence | |
Assumed office 3 October 2014 |
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Monarch | King Carl XVI Gustaf |
Preceded by | Karin Enström |
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Born | 31 December 1958 |
Political party | Social Democrats |
Carl Anders Peter Hultqvist (born 31 December 1958) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He has been Minister for Defence in the Swedish Government since 3 October 2014.
Hultqvist was elected to the Riksdag in 2006, having previously been chairman of the Municipal Executive Committee of Borlänge from 1989 to 2006. From 2011 to 2014, he was Chairman of the Committee on Defence in the Riksdag.
He was appointed Minister for Defence by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven on 3 October 2014.