Lena Ek Explained

Lena Ek
Office:Minister for the Environment
Primeminister:Fredrik Reinfeldt
Term Start:29 September 2011
Term End:3 October 2014
Predecessor:Andreas Carlgren
Successor:Åsa Romson
Birth Date:16 January 1958
Birth Place:Mönsterås, Sweden
Party:Centre Party
Spouse:Anders Ek
Children:4, including Magnus Ek
Alma Mater:Lund University

Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for the Environment from 2011 to 2014. She is a former Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Riksdag. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

She sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She was also a substitute for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Her son, Magnus Ek, was chairman of the Centre Party Youth from 2015 to 2019.

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