Ulf Kristersson
Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson (born 29 December 1963) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician. In 2022, he became the Prime Minister of Sweden. He is the Leader of the Moderate Party since October 2017. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (MP) for Södermanland County since 2014. He also was the country's Minister for Social Security from 2010 to 2014 and Chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 1988 to 1992.[1] From 2017 to 2022, he was the Leader of the Opposition.
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_(cropped).jpg) Ulf Kristersson in October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2022 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Deputy | Ebba Busch |
| Preceded by | Magdalena Andersson |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 1 October 2017 – 18 October 2022 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven Magdalena Andersson |
| Preceded by | Anna Kinberg Batra |
| Succeeded by | Magdalena Andersson |
| Leader of the Moderate Party | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
| Deputy | Peter Danielsson Elisabeth Svantesson |
| Party Secretary | Gunnar Strömmer |
| Preceded by | Anna Kinberg Batra |
| Minister for Social Security | |
| In office 5 October 2010 – 3 October 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Cristina Husmark Pehrsson |
| Succeeded by | Annika Strandhäll |
| Chairman of the Moderate Youth League | |
| In office 26 November 1988 – 24 October 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Beatrice Ask |
| Succeeded by | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2014 | |
| Constituency | Södermanland County |
| In office 5 October 1991 – 30 April 2000 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson 29 December 1963 Lund, Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Other political affiliations | Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Birgitta Ed (m. 1991) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
| Website | Official website |
In September 2018, incumbent Prime Minister Stefan Löfven was ousted.[2] Kristersson expressed hope of becoming the next PM.[2][3] On 14 November, 2018 the Riksdag rejected Kristersson's bid to become the prime minister by a vote of 195 to 154. It first time ever that a speaker proposal for a prime minister lost such a vote.[4][5]
Since the 2018 election, the Moderate Party under his leadership opened up to the Sweden Democrats, and by late 2021 had formed an informal right-wing alliance with them and two centre-right parties of the dissolved Alliance.
In the 2022 election, the right-wing bloc won a majority in the Riksdag, which caused Kristersson's election as Prime Minister on 17 October 2022.[6]
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Ulf Kristersson in the 2018 Swedish general election.
Kristersson with Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Ebba Busch in 2022.
Kristersson with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in 2 February 2023
Kristersson with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2023.
Kristersson with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2017
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References
- ↑ "Kristersson blir M:s nya Borg". 11 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Swedish parliament votes out PM. BBC News. 25 September 2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45637386. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ↑ Editorial, Reuters (2018-09-09). Swedish center-right leader calls on PM Lofven to step down. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-election-moderates/swedish-center-right-leader-calls-on-pm-lofven-to-step-down-idUSKCN1LP0T2. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
- ↑ "Swedish parliament rejects center-right prime minister, deadlock continues" (in en-US). POLITICO. 2018-11-14. https://www.politico.eu/article/ulf-kristersson-swedish-parliament-rejects-center-right-prime-minister-deadlock-continues/. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ↑ "Sweden Braces for Week of Political Turmoil as Nationalists Gain". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ↑ "Ulf Kristersson: Swedish parliament elects new PM backed by far right" (in en-GB). BBC News. 2022-10-17. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63289903. Retrieved 2022-10-17.