Cecilia Malmström

Infobox_Politician
name = Cecilia Malmström


birth_date = birth date and age|1968|05|15
birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
residence =
office = Minister for EU Affairs
term_start = October 6, 2006
term_end =
predecessor = None (office created)
alma_mater = Sorbonne University of Gothenburg
party = Liberal People's Party
website = [http://www.cecilia.nu/ www.cecilia.nu]

Anna Cecilia Malmström (born May 15, 1968) is a Swedish politician currently serving as Minister for European Union Affairs in the Swedish government. Prior to her appointment as Minister for EU Affairs on October 6, 2006, she had served as a Member of the European Parliament since 1999. She is a member of the Liberal People's Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

When she was MEP she was member of European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. She was also a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Cecilia Malmström was born in Stockholm but grew up in Gothenburg and in France. She speaks Swedish, English, Spanish and French fluently, and also decent German and Italian. She currently resides in Gothenburg with her husband and two twin daughters.

During her time as MEP she also initiated the oneseat.eu web campaign [http://www.oneseat.eu/] , which aims to make the European Parliament permanently seated in Brussels.

Cecilia Malmström supports integration of Sweden to Eurozone and introducing the euro currency. In August 2007 she was one of the politicians calling for another referendum (first was in 2003) on euro.

We respect the result of the referendum, of course, but still thing that one should be able to argue for something one believes in...

...A lot had changed since the 2003 referendum...

...Slovenia has joined, Malta and Cyprus are joining at the beginning of next year. Next year, at least two Baltic countries will join. In 2010-11 there could be eight or nine new members. The more members there are, the greater the political price of being outside, because we can't make a difference...

...Sweden had lost out economically by not joining the single European currency.

She cited a report from the National Board of Trade: "We have lost 100 billion kronor in exports and the same amount in imports. Our trade with the eurozone would have been 13-14 percent greater if we had been members."

[ [http://www.thelocal.se/8137/20070809/ The Local - Alliance rejects Liberal calls for euro vote ] ]

Education

* 1987: Studies in literature at the Sorbonne, Paris
* 1991: University degree
* Ph.D (1998) in political science, Gothenburg University
* 1989: Technical assistant with SKF in Paris (1986–1987) and Barcelona

Career

* 1989–1992: Psychiatric nurse, Lillhagen Hospital
* 1991–1992: Teacher of social studies, municipal adult education service
* 1992–1999: Researcher at Gothenburg University
* since 1997: Member of the Swedish Liberal Party executive
* since 2001: Leading member of the Party
* 1998–2001: Member of Västra Götaland regional council
* 1999–2006: Member of the European Parliament
* 1999–2006: Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
* 1999–2004: Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs
* 1999–2004: Vice-Chairwoman of the Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee
* 2002–2004: ELDR Group spokeswoman on foreign affairs
* 1999–2006: Member of the ELDR/ALDE Group Bureau
* since 1999: Member of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Utrikespolitiska samfundet)
* since October 2006: Minister of European Affairs in Sweden
* Author of books, articles and essays on regional parties, regionalism, Spanish politics, European politics, immigration and terrorism, etc

"See also:" European Parliament election, 2004 (Sweden)

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Persondata
NAME=Malmström, Cecilia
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Swedish politician
DATE OF BIRTH=May 15, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH=Stockholm, Sweden