Bengt-Anders Johansson (born 7 March 1951) is a Swedish

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, ...

of the

Moderate Party The Moderate Party ( sv, Moderata samlingspartiet , ; M), commonly referred to as the Moderates ( ), is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic ...

. He was Member of the Riksdag from 2002 to 2014, representing his home constituency of

Jönköping County Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötland, Kalmar and Kronoberg. The total county population was 356,291 inhabitants in ...

. Prior to his service in the Riksdag, Johansson was municipal commissioner of Gislaved Municipality from 1992 to 2002 and its

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from 1992 to 1994. In the Riksdag, Johansson served as member of the

Committee on Environment and Agriculture (Parliamentary) Committee on Environment and Agriculture ( sv, miljö- och jordbruksutskottet) (MJU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility are the Swedish agricultural industry, agric ...

from 2002 to 2010 and as deputy chairman from 2010 to 2014. He was also member of the Committee on European Union Affairs from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2014, and a member of the War Delegation from 2010 to 2014. Johansson was the

s spokesperson on policies regarding

hunting Hunting is the human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, or killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to harvest food (i.e. meat) and useful animal products (fur/hide (skin), hide, ...

and predator issues during his last term in the Riksdag and served as the chairman of the Riksdags's hunting and fishing club. He is a member of the Swedish Hunters' Association. Johansson declined re-election in the 2014 election and left the Riksdag after the election.Bengt-Anders Johansson är inte tillgänglig för omval.
Since February 2015, he has served as member of The Election Review Board.

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Riksdagen: Bengt-Anders Johansson (m)
Members of the Riksdag from the Moderate Party Living people 1951 births Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 {{Sweden-Moderate-politician-stub