Marita Ulvskog

Marita Ulvskog
Marita Ulvskog 2009.

Marita Ulvskog (born 4 September 1951 in Luleå) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She was a member of the Riksdag 1998-2009. She was the Swedish Minister for Home Affairs from 1994 to 1996 and Minister for Culture from 1996 to 2004. She was the party secretary of the Social Democrats 2004-2009.

On 30 September 2008 it was revealed that Ulvskog would be the number one candidate for the Social Democrats in the 2009 elections för the EU parliament, even though she during the 90's was involved in the critical debate on EU. She was elected with a strong support of personal votes and now serves as a member of the European parliament. She is the vice president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats at the European parliament.

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