Alice Bah Kuhnke Explained
Alice Bah Kuhnke (Bah; 21 December 1971) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party who is currently a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Previously she served as the Minister of Culture and Democracy From October 2014 to January 2019. Before going into politics, she was a television presenter. She also helped found the think tank Sektor3.[1] [2]
She was elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden.[3]
Biography
Bah grew up in Horda in Jönköping, Sweden, the daughter of a Gambian father and a Swedish mother. She attended a track-and-field-oriented high school in Växjö and was one of the country's best female sprinters in the late 1980s, with the 200-meter dash her speciality.[4] [5]
Television career
Bah's television career began with SVT's "Disney Club" in 1992. Between 1998 and 1999, she had her own talk show at TV4[6] and many other television assignments, including the current-event show "Kalla fakta".[7]
On 16 January 2001, She hosted the televised music festival Artister mot nazister in Globen.[8]
Private and public sector career
Alice Bah Kuhnke was Director General for the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society 2013–2014.[9] She also worked as General Secretary for the NGO Fairtraide Sweden (Rättvisemärkt) 2004-2007[10] In September 2009, Bah took the position of manager of environmental quality and corporate social responsibility at ÅF.[11] Alongside that job, she served on the board of a small[12] internet design firm, Doberman.[13]
Political career
In 1994, Bah campaigned actively for her country to join the EU in a referendum.[14] After leaving television to study political science, she headed a philanthropic fund at the Swedish insurance company Skandia.[15]
Bah was a member of the Swedish Church synod from 2006 until 2010,[16] a member of the board of the Royal Dramatic Theatre,[17] and Vice President of YMCA-YWCA Sweden.[18]
On 3 October 2014, Bah was appointed Minister of Culture and Democracy in the Löfven Cabinet.[19] In addition to her role in government, she served as the Green Party's representative at the European Green Party from 2016.
Member of the European Parliament, (2019–present)
In 2019, Bah stood down as minister to lead her party's list for the European elections.[14] In parliament, she has since been serving as deputy chairwoman of the Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group, under the leadership of co-chairs Ska Keller (2019–2022), Philippe Lamberts (2019–2024), Terry Reintke (since 2022) and Bas Eickhout (since 2024).[20] [21] She also joined the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
In addition to her committee assignments, Bah is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption,[22] the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity,[23] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights[24] and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.[25]
In January 2022, she was the Greens/EFA candidate as a new President of the European Parliament.[26] She was not elected, having garnered only 101 votes in the first round.[27]
In September 2022, Bah was the recipient of the Environment and Climate Action Award at The Parliament Magazines annual MEP Awards[28] At the 2024 MEP Awards ceremony, Bah was one of twenty MEPs to be given a "Rising Star" award.[29]
Personal life
In her late teens, Bah was engaged for two years to long jump Olympic finalist and World Silver Medalist Mattias Sunneborn.[30] In 1998, she married TV personality Henrik Johnsson, from whom she was divorced in 2002.[31] The following year, she married actor and singer Johannes Kuhnke, with whom she has three daughters.[30]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Cecilia Jacobsson . Nu går hon in i en helt ny sektor . sv . DN.se . 3 November 2008 . 5 April 2010.
- News: Alice Bah Kuhnke (MP) är ny kulturminister. Svenska Dagbladet. 3 October 2014. 5 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141004184644/http://www.svd.se/kultur/alice-bah-kuhnke-ar-ny-kulturminister_3976865.svd. 4 October 2014. live. Andersson. Elisabet.
- https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/personroster.html Final results from European Parliament elections in Sweden
- Book: Sverige-bästa 1986, Svenska Friidrottsförbundets officiella friidrottsstatistik (Sweden's best 1986 – official statistics of the Swedish Athletics Federation) . 1987 . CEWE-förlaget . sv.
- Book: Sverige-bästa 1988, Svenska Friidrottsförbundets officiella friidrottsstatistik (Sweden's best 1988 – official statistics of the Swedish Athletics Federation) . 1989 . CEWE-förlaget . sv.
- Web site: Alice Bah Kuhnke - Värnamo kommun . Varnamo.se . 9 March 2008 . 5 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821122357/http://www.varnamo.se/naringsliv/gottomplats/ambassadorer/alicebahkuhnke.4.18ff2710e077ef560800010740.html . 21 August 2010 .
- Web site: Alice Bah Kuhnke: "Studierna gjorde att jag slapp jobba med TV" . 5 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006164653/http://miljoaktuellt.idg.se/2.1845/1.253538/alice-bah-kuhnke-studierna-gjorde-att-jag-slapp-jobba-med-tv . 6 October 2014.
- Web site: Hela Sverige : artister mot nazister | Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB). smdb.kb.se. 19 January 2022. 19 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220119201058/https://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001546353. live.
- Web site: Alice Bah Kuhnke ny ledare för Ungdomsstyrelsen. 2022-01-12. Dagen. 23 May 2013. sv. 18 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220118183128/https://www.dagen.se/nyheter/2013/05/23/alice-bah-kuhnke-ny-ledare-for-ungdomsstyrelsen/. live.
- Web site: Alice Bah sätter fart på Rättvisemärkt. 2022-01-12. kollega.se. 29 September 2004. sv. 18 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220118120259/https://kollega.se/arkiv/alice-bah-satter-fart-pa-rattvisemarkt. live.
- ÅF recruits Alice Bah Kuhnke as VP Sustainability & CSR. Ad Hoc News. 29 April 2009. 5 April 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221002400/http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/%C3%83-f-recruits-alice-bah-kuhnke-as-vp-sustainability-amp-csr--/de/Unternehmensnachrichten/20204461. 21 December 2016.
- Web site: Doberman on Agency Spotter. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220123316/https://www.agencyspotter.com/doberman. 20 December 2016. 11 December 2016. Agency Spotter. en-US.
- Web site: Resumé: Alice Bah till Doberman. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072126/http://www.resume.se/nyheter/reklam/2011/09/02/alice-bah-till-doberman/. 6 October 2014. 5 October 2014.
- Charlie Duxbury (May 23, 2019), Big names aim to swap national politics for EU career Politico Europe.
- Web site: Cv Alice Bah Kuhnke . Regeringskansliet . 8 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160501083508/http://www.regeringen.se/sveriges-regering/kulturdepartementet/alice-bah-kuhnke/cv-alice-bah-kuhnke/ . 1 May 2016.
- Web site: Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat. 5 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20130922001932/http://kyrkoval.svenskakyrkan.se/valresultat2005/Resultat/Kyrkomote.aspx?TabIndex=3. 22 September 2013. live.
- Web site: Dramaten . Dramatens blogg . https://web.archive.org/web/20100620065539/http://dramatenbloggen1.wordpress.com/category/dramaten/ . 20 June 2010 .
- Web site: KFUM Sverige . kfuk-kfum.se . 24 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131023642/http://www.kfuk-kfum.se/start/356-alice-bah-kuhnke-till-kfuk-kfum . 31 January 2016.
- News: Alice Bah Kuhnke ny kulturminister. DN.SE. 5 October 2014. 3 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141005210017/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/alice-bah-kuhnke-ny-kulturminister/. 5 October 2014. live.
- https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/press/greens-efa-group-positions-elected/ Greens/EFA group positions elected
- https://www.greens-efa.eu/en/article/press/greens-efa-group-elects-bureau Greens/EFA Group elects bureau
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-anti-corruption.pdf Intergroup on Anti-Corruption
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-anti-racism-diversity.pdf Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity
- https://lgbti-ep.eu/who-we-are/members/ Members
- http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ Members
- Web site: alice bah kuhnke kandidat talman - Bing. 2022-01-12. www.bing.com. 18 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220118130458/https://www.bing.com/search?q=alice+bah+kuhnke+kandidat+talman&cvid=727e4d4d66f544d6b0c531e134d872d8&aqs=edge..69i57.6578j0j1&pglt=515&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=ASTS. live.
- Web site: Roberta Metsola elected new President of the European Parliament | News | European Parliament. 18 January 2022. www.europarl.europa.eu. 18 January 2022. 19 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220119000722/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220114IPR21012/roberta-metsola-elected-new-president-of-the-european-parliament. live.
- News: MEP Awards: Winners 2022. 21 September 2022. The Parliament Magazine. 24 August 2023. 24 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230824101715/https://www.mepawards.eu/winners-2022/. live.
- News: MEP Awards 2024 - The Rising Stars. 21 March 2024. The Parliament Magazine. 26 March 2024. 26 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240326003036/https://www.mepawards.eu/rising-stars/. live.
- Web site: Sunneborns okända förlovning – med Alice Bah Kuhnke. 3 June 2018 . Expressen. 9 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140954/https://www.expressen.se/sport/friidrott/okanda-forlovningen-med-alice-bah-kuhnke/. 12 June 2018. live.
- Web site: Alice Bah har gift sig - med skådis. Aftonbladet. 5 August 2003 . sv-SE. 11 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135656/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article10384819.ab. 4 March 2016. live.