Lena Hallengren

Lena Hallengren
Lena Hallengren
	Lena Hallengren in 2011
Minister for Health and Social Affairs
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 January 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Annika Strandhäll
Minister for Children and the Elderly
	In office; 8 March 2018 – 21 January 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Åsa Regnér
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister for Gender Equality
	In office; 8 March 2018 – 21 January 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Åsa Regnér
Succeeded by	Åsa Lindhagen
Minister of Preschool Education, Adult Education and Youth
	In office; 21 October 2002 – 6 October 2006
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Ingegerd Wärnersson
Succeeded by	Jan Björklund (Minister of Schools)
Member of the Riksdag
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 October 2006
Constituency	Kalmar County
Personal details
Born	25 December 1973; Kalmar, Sweden
Political party	Social Democrats

Lena Hallengren (born 25 December 1973) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician who since 21 January 2019 serves as Minister for Health and Social Affairs in the second Löfven Cabinet.[1]

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, she became Minister for Children, the Elderly and Equality after her predecessor Åsa Regnér left the government for a post in the United Nations.[2] 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.

Other activities

Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children, Member of the Board (since 2018)[3]

gollark: Well, yes, but you can follow those *anyway*.

gollark: ... *seriously*?

gollark: I mean, since you also go to church and whatnot presumably, "why the hell not" is that you could be doing other things instead.

gollark: That's a *really* bad reason.

gollark: Why?

References

Sweden’s new Government, press release 21-1-2019
Lena Hallengren ny barn-, äldre- och jämställdhetsminister Regjeringen.se. Retrieved 8 March 2018
Board Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children.

External links

Lena Hallengren at the Riksdag website
Lena Hallengren at the website of the Swedish government

Government offices
Preceded by Ingegerd Wärnersson (as Minister for Schools)	Deputy Minister for Education Minister for Preschools and Adult Education 2002–2006	Succeeded by Jan Björklund(as Minister for Schools)
Preceded by Britta Lejon	Minister for the Youth 2002–2006	Succeeded by Nyamko Sabuni
Preceded by Åsa Regnér	Minister for Children and the Elderly 2018–2019	Succeeded by Herself (as Minister for Health and Social Affairs) Åsa Lindhagen (as Minister for Children)
Preceded by Åsa Regnér	Minister for Gender Equality 2018–2019	Succeeded by Åsa Lindhagen
Preceded by Annika Strandhäll	Minister for Health and Social Affairs 2019–present	Incumbent

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[1] Sweden’s new Government, press release 21-1-2019

[2] Lena Hallengren ny barn-, äldre- och jämställdhetsminister Regjeringen.se. Retrieved 8 March 2018

[3] Board Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children.