Office: | Member of Parliament |
Term Start: | 1998 |
Term End: | 2014 |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1958 |
Party: | Centre Party |
Åsa-Britt Maria Torstensson (born 25 March 1958) is a Swedish politician and a member of the Centre Party. She has a university degree in social work (Swedish: socionomexamen). She was a member of the Riksdag between 1998 and 2002 representing Västra Götaland County. Torstensson was re-elected to the Riksdag in the 2006 general election. On 6 October 2006 she was selected Minister for Infrastructure in the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt.[1] [2] After the 2010 general election, she left the cabinet and returned to the Riksdag.