Niklas Åke Wykman (born 10 March 1981) is a Swedish politician of the

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. He has served as Minister for Financial Markets in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has been

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since the 2014 general election, representing Stockholm County. He was chairman of the

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, from 2006 to 2010.

Career

Wykman joined the Moderate Youth League in 1997 and was also chairman of the Moderate School Youth () from 2000 to 2001. He was elected new chairman of the Moderate Youth League at its congress in Sollentuna on 25 November 2006, winning over the election committee's candidate Mattias Thorsson with the votes 63–49. Until being elected chairman of the Moderate Youth League, Wykman was a student of

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and worked as a team leader at a

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. During the 2003 referendum on Sweden adopting the Euro as their currency Wykman worked for the center-right No-campaign Medborgare mot EMU.

Controversial statements

After the boarding of the Free Gaza Movements " Freedom Flotilla" by Israeli troops in June 2010, Niklas Wykman declared on his Facebook webpage that ''"I feel eased now when Hamas does not receive the visits they had expected. It is a victory for the whole of

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' Ship to Gaza are useful idiots, terrorists, and ideologically driven aiming to genocide Israel"'' The statements received strong criticism from representatives from most political parties, including Swedish prime minister

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, who recognized the humanitarian aspects of the solidarity movement.

References

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