Minister for Consumer Affairs | |
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Sveriges konsumentminister | |
Ministry of Finance | |
Appointer | The Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | Bengt K.Å. Johansson |
Formation | 1985 |
Website |
The Minister for Consumer Affairs (Swedish : konsumentminister) is a cabinet minister within the Government of Sweden and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.
The minister is responsible for issues regarding consumer protection. The position of Minister for Consumer Affairs has usually been held by a minister as a part of a wider ministerial portfolio, and it has sorted under different ministries throughout the years.
No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | |||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
1 | Bengt K.Å. Johansson (1937–2021) | 17 October 1985 | 4 October 1988 | 2 years, 353 days | Social Democrats | Palme II S | ||
Carlsson I S | ||||||||
2 | Margot Wallström (born 1954) | 4 October 1988 | 4 October 1991 | 3 years, 0 days | Social Democrats | Carlsson I S | ||
Carlsson II S | ||||||||
3 | Inger Davidsson (born 1944) | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Christian Democrats | Carl Bildt M–FP–C–KD | ||
4 | Marita Ulvskog (born 1951) | 7 October 1994 | 22 March 1996 | 1 year, 167 days | Social Democrats | Carlsson III S | ||
5 | Leif Blomberg (1941–1998) | 22 March 1996 | 2 March 1998 † | 1 year, 345 days | Social Democrats | Persson S | ||
6 | Lars Engqvist (born 1945) | 25 March 1998 | 7 October 1998 | 196 days | Social Democrats | |||
7 | Britta Lejon (born 1964) | 7 October 1998 | 15 October 2002 | 4 years, 8 days | Social Democrats | |||
8 | Ann-Christin Nykvist (born 1948) | 15 October 2002 | 6 October 2006 | 3 years, 356 days | Social Democrats | |||
9 | Nyamko Sabuni (born 1969) | 6 October 2006 | 5 October 2010 | 3 years, 364 days | Liberal People's | Reinfeldt M–C–FP–KD | ||
10 | Birgitta Ohlsson (born 1975) | 5 October 2010 | 3 October 2014 | 3 years, 363 days | Liberal People's | |||
11 | Per Bolund (born 1971) | 3 October 2014 | 21 January 2019 | 4 years, 110 days | Green | Löfven S–MP | ||
12 | Ardalan Shekarabi (born 1978) | 21 January 2019 | 1 October 2019 | 253 days | Social Democrats | Löfven II S–MP | ||
13 | Lena Micko (born 1955) | 1 October 2019 | 30 November 2021 | 2 years, 60 days | Social Democrats | Löfven II S–MP Löfven III S–MP | ||
14 | Max Elger (born 1973) | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | Andersson S | ||
14 | Erik Slottner (born 1980) | 18 October 2022 | 2 years, 13 days | Christian Democrats | Kristersson M–KD–L | |||
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