Jan Andersson

:"For the Swedish politician born 1970, see Jan R. Andersson; for the Welsh actress, see Jan Anderson; for the Norwegian tennis player, see Jan Frode Andersen."Jan Andersson (born 17 March 1947 in Helsingborg, Scania) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

He is also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a substitute for the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013, and a member of the delegation for relations with Japan.

Career

* Advanced school-leaving certificate (1967)
* Intermediate-level teacher (1971)
* Teacher in Helsingborg (1972-1988)
* Member of Helsingborg municipal executive board (1982-1988)
* Chairman of Helsingborg Social Welfare Board (1983-1985, 1990)
* Member of the Swedish Parliament (1988-1995)
* Member of the Helsingborg Social Democratic Party executive (1979-1990)
* co-opted member of Skåne Social Democratic Party executive (since 1995)
* Co-opted member of the Social Democratic Party executive committee and party executive (since 2000)
* Member of the European Parliament since 1995

External links

* [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=2107 European Parliament biography] link is not active
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