Committee on Civil Affairs

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(Parliamentary) Committee on Civil Affairs [1] (Swedish : civilutskottet) (CU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag that was founded on October 1, 2006, with the merger of the Law Committee and the Housing Committee. The committee's areas of responsibility concern housing policy, consumer policy, community planning, and civil law.

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When the committee was founded it was the largest reorganization of the Swedish Parliament since the abolishment of the bicameral Riksdag in 1971.

List of speakers for the committee

NamePeriodPolitical party
  Carina Moberg 2006–2010 Social Democratic Party
  Maryam Yazdanfar 2010–2011 Social Democratic Party
  Carina Ohlsson 2011 Social Democratic Party
  Veronica Palm 2011–2014 Social Democratic Party
  Caroline Szyber 2014–2016 Christian Democrats
  Tuve Skånberg 2016–2017 Christian Democrats
  Caroline Szyber 2017–2018 Christian Democrats
  Emma Hult [2] 2018–2022 Green Party
  Malcolm Momodou Jallow 2022– Left Party

List of vice-speakers for the committee

NamePeriodPolitical party
  Inger René 2006–2010 Moderate Party
  Jan Ertsborn 2010–2012 Liberal People's Party
  Nina Lundström 2012–2014 Liberal People's Party
  Johan Löfstrand 2014–2015 Social Democratic Party
  Hillevi Larsson 2015 Social Democratic Party
  Johan Löfstrand 2015–2017 Social Democratic Party
  Hillevi Larsson 2017 Social Democratic Party
  Johan Löfstrand 2017–2018 Social Democratic Party
  Larry Söder [3] 2018–2022 Christian Democrats
  Mikael Eskilandersson 2022– Sweden Democrats

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