Lena Hjelm-Wallén | |
Office: | Acting Minister for Defence |
Primeminister: | Göran Persson |
Term Start: | 30 September 2002 |
Term End: | 21 October 2002 |
Predecessor: | Björn von Sydow |
Office1: | Acting Minister for Justice |
Primeminister1: | Göran Persson |
Term Start1: | 21 September 2000 |
Term End1: | 11 October 2000 |
Predecessor1: | Laila Freivalds |
Successor1: | Thomas Bodström |
Office2: | Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden |
Primeminister2: | Ingvar Carlsson Göran Persson |
Term Start2: | 10 November 1995 |
Term End2: | 21 October 2002 |
Predecessor2: | Mona Sahlin |
Successor2: | Margareta Winberg |
Primeminister3: | Ingvar Carlsson |
Term Start3: | 16 February 1990 |
Term End3: | 27 February 1990 |
Successor3: | Odd Engström |
Office4: | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
Primeminister4: | Ingvar Carlsson Göran Persson |
Term Start4: | 7 October 1994 |
Term End4: | 7 October 1998 |
Predecessor4: | Margaretha af Ugglas |
Successor4: | Anna Lindh |
Office5: | Minister for International Development Cooperation |
Primeminister5: | Olof Palme Ingvar Carlsson |
Term Start5: | 17 October 1985 |
Term End5: | 4 October 1991 |
Predecessor5: | Position established |
Successor5: | Britt Mogård |
Office6: | Minister for Education |
Primeminister6: | Olof Palme |
Term Start6: | 8 October 1982 |
Term End6: | 17 October 1985 |
Predecessor6: | Jan-Erik Wikström |
Successor6: | Lennart Bodström |
Office7: | Minister for Schools |
Primeminister7: | Olof Palme |
Term Start7: | 4 January 1974 |
Term End7: | 8 October 1976 |
Predecessor7: | Position established |
Successor7: | Britt Mogård |
Birth Date: | 14 January 1943 |
Birth Place: | Sala, Sweden |
Party: | Social Democratic |
Spouse: | Ingvar Wallén |
Alma Mater: | Uppsala University |
Signature: | Amsterdam Treaty FA Sweden.png |
Lena Birgitta Hjelm-Wallén (born 14 January 1943) is a Swedish politician. In 1968 Hjelm-Wallén became a member of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) and she held several cabinet positions, starting in 1974 as the youngest minister to that date. A member of the Social Democratic party, she served as Minister for Education from 1982 to 1985, as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1998 and as Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 2002.[1] She has served as Chair of the governing Board of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), an intergovernmental organisation with 25 member states whose objective is supporting sustainable democratic change worldwide.
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