Carl Schlyter (born 7 January 1968 in

Danderyd Danderyd Municipality (''Danderyds kommun''; ) is a municipality north of Stockholm in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is one of the smallest municipalities of Sweden, but the most affluent. Its seat is located in Djursholm and it ...

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) is a Swedish politician who has been a

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of the

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for

since 2014. He was a

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(MEP) from 2004 to 2014. He is a member of the

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, which is part of the

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, and sat on the

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. He is a member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. He was also a substitute for the

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and the

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, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of

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and the

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Leaving Miljöpartiet and starting up a new party called Partiet Vändpunkt

On 16 January 2019, Schlyter announced that he would be leaving the Green Party due to his disagreements with the Social Democrats regarding the 2018-19 government formation. On 13 February, he stated that he would be forming a new political party, '' Partiet vändpunkt'', together with fellow Green Party MPs

Annika Lillemets Annika Lillemets (born 1962) is a Swedish politician and former parliamentarian who was a member of the Riksdag representing the Green Party from 2010 to 2018. In her first term of office from 2010 to 2014 she was an alternate on the tax commi ...

and Valter Mult. The party intends to focus on tackling climate change and claims to be critical of

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Career

* Chemical engineering specialising in

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and the environment (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1987–1994) * Research study Impurities in

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(Miami University, Ohio, 1989) * Museum guide (1994) * Political secretary of the Green Party in Stockholm City Hall (1994–1995) * Assistant, European Parliament (1996) * Responsible for Agenda 21 and the environment, culture and sports administration Stockholm (1997) * Adviser to the Green Group in the Committee on Budgetary Control (1997–2004) * Member of the party's Executive (2000–2008) * Sweden's representative in the European Green Federation (since 2001) * Sweden's representative in the Global Greens (since 2002)

References

External links

Official website

European Parliament biography
* 1968 births Living people People from Danderyd Municipality Members of the Riksdag from the Green Party Green Party (Sweden) MEPs MEPs for Sweden 2004–2009 MEPs for Sweden 2009–2014 Articles containing video clips {{Sweden-MEP-stub