Åsa Charlotte Regnér (born Pettersson, born 26 August 1964 in
Malmberget
Malmberget ("The Ore Mountain", Finnish language, Finnish and Meänkieli dialects, Meänkieli: ''Malmivaara'') is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and mining town situated in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden. It had 5,590 inhabit ...
,
Norrbotten
Norrbotten (), sometimes called North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.
Administration
The traditional provinces of Swede ...
) is a Swedish
Social Democratic
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politician.
On 3 October 2014, she became
Minister for Children and the Elderly and
Minister for Gender Equality under
Stefan Löfven
Kjell Stefan Löfven (; officially Löfvén; born 21 July 1957) is a Swedish politician who has served as the President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 20 ...
.
On 6 March 2018, Regnér resigned from her position in the Swedish government upon becoming the Deputy Executive Director of
UN Women
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.
References
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1964 births
Living people
Ministers for gender equality of Sweden
Women government ministers of Sweden
People from Malmberget