Lena Hallengren Explained

Lena Hallengren
Office:Minister for Health and Social Affairs
Term Start:21 January 2019
Term End:6 October 2022
Primeminister:Stefan Löfven
Magdalena Andersson
Predecessor:Annika Strandhäll
Successor:Ardalan Shekarabi
Office1:Minister for Children and the Elderly
Term Start1:8 March 2018
Term End1:21 January 2019
Monarch1:Carl XVI Gustaf
Primeminister1:Stefan Löfven
Predecessor1:Åsa Regnér
Successor1:Office abolished
Office2:Minister for Gender Equality
Term Start2:8 March 2018
Term End2:21 January 2019
Monarch2:Carl XVI Gustaf
Primeminister2:Stefan Löfven
Predecessor2:Åsa Regnér
Successor2:Åsa Lindhagen
Office3:Minister of Preschool Education, Adult Education and Youth
Term Start3:21 October 2002
Term End3:6 October 2006
1Blankname3:Prime Minister
Predecessor3:Ingegerd Wärnersson
Successor3:Jan Björklund (Minister of Schools)
Office4:Member of the Riksdag
Term Start4:2 October 2006
Term End4:3 August 2018
Constituency4:Kalmar County
Birth Date:25 December 1973
Birth Place:Kalmar, Sweden
Party:Social Democrats

Lena Ingeborg Hallengren (born 25 December 1973) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been served as Minister for Health and Social Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stefan Löfven from 21 January 2019 until he left office in November 2021. [1] Hallengren then continued in the same role in the Andersson Cabinet.[2]

Political career

In the government of Prime Minister Göran Persson, Hallengren served as Deputy Minister of Education, in charge of preschool education, youth affairs and adult learning, from 2002 to 2006.

Hallengren has been a member of the Riksdag since the 2006 elections. In that capacity, she served as member of the Member of the Committee on Environment and Agriculture (2006-2009) and later chaired the Committee on Transport and Communications (2009-2010) and the Committee on Education (2014–2018).

In March 2018, Hallengren became Minister for Children, the Elderly and Equality after her predecessor Åsa Regnér left the government for a post in the United Nations.[3] This was an office at the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in the first Löfven Cabinet. At the formation of the second cabinet under prime minister Stefan Löfven in January 2019, Hallengren was promoted to head of the same ministry. In September 2022, Hallengren was elected as leader for the Social Democrats in the Riksdag. Subsequently, she resigned in October 2022 from her office as Minister for Health and Social Affairs.

Since 2020, Hallengren has also been a member of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, co-chaired by Sheikh Hasina and Mia Mottley.[4]

Other activities

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2019/01/sveriges-nya-regering/ Sweden’s new Government
  2. Web site: Waterton . Becky . KEY POINTS: Everything you need to know about Sweden’s new government . www.thelocal.se . 5 January 2022.
  3. http://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2018/03/lena-hallengren-ny-barn--aldre--och-jamstalldhetsminister/ Lena Hallengren ny barn-, äldre- och jämställdhetsminister
  4. https://www.who.int/groups/one-health-global-leaders-group-on-antimicrobial-resistance Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
  5. http://www.end-violence.org/about-us/board Board
  6. Web site: Participants . bilderbergmeetings.org. 27 April 2024.