Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for the Environment from 2011 to 2014. She is a former

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and

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. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the

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. She sat on the

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. She was also a substitute for the

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) is a committee of the European Parliament. Membership Chair 9th Term Vice Chairs * Eugenia Rodríguez Palop * Sylwia Spurek * Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi * Radka Maxova 7th Term ...

and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Her son, Magnus Ek, was chairman of the

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from 2015 to 2019.

Career

* Degree in

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

* University lecturer in the Faculty of Law,

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(1987–1994) * District Chairwoman, Centre Party, Östergötland (1993–1995) * Chairwoman of Centre Party women's association (1998–2000) * Member of the Centre Party executive (since 1998) * Member of the party's executive committee (since 2000) * Municipal Commissioner,

Valdemarsvik Valdemarsvik is a locality, situated alongside the bay of which connects to the Baltic Sea. It is the seat of Valdemarsvik Municipality which is located in Östergötland County, Sweden. The coastal area is a popular summer destination, particular ...

(1994–1998) * County councillor and substitute member of the Östergötland County Council Executive Committee (1994–1998) * Member of the Swedish Parliament (1998–2004) * Centre Party's spokesman on economic policy (1998–2004) * Member of the European Parliament (2004-2011) * Minister for the Environment (2011– 2014)

External links

European Parliament biography
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Lena Ek's weblog
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