Per Bolund
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Per Bolund (born 3 July 1971) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (in a strictly ceremonial role) and as Minister for the Environment from February to November 2021, and has been co-spokesperson of the Green Party since May 2019.[2]
Per Bolund | |
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Per Bolund in June 2019 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (honorary title) | |
| In office 5 February 2021 – 30 November 2021 Serving with Morgan Johansson | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Isabella Lövin |
| Minister for the Environment | |
| In office 5 February 2021 – 30 November 2021 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Isabella Lövin |
| Succeeded by | Annika Strandhäll |
| Spokesperson of the Green Party | |
| Assumed office 4 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gustav Fridolin |
| Minister for Housing | |
| In office 21 January 2019 – 5 February 2021 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Peter Eriksson |
| Succeeded by | Märta Stenevi |
| Minister for Financial Markets | |
| In office 3 October 2014 – 5 February 2021 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Peter Norman |
| Succeeded by | Åsa Lindhagen |
| Minister for Housing and Urban Development (acting) | |
| In office 18 April 2016 – 25 May 2016 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Kaplan |
| Succeeded by | Peter Eriksson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 July 1971 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Green Party |
| Profession | Biologist[1] |
He previously served as Minister for Financial Markets from October 2014 to February 2021[3] and as Minister for Housing from January 2019 to February 2021. He was shortly acting Minister for Housing and Urban Development from April to May 2016.[4]
Bolund was elected to the Riksdag in 2006. As Minister for the Environment he made a pledge to double Sweden's climate finance.[5] As leader of the Green Party his withdrawal of support helped bring down the government of Magdalena Andersson in November 2021 because the planned tax cut on petrol in her first budget would lead to higher emissions.[6]
Before politics he trained as a biologist, and his parents are the Aarhus University geneticist Professor Lars Bolund and medical Professor Christina Bolund.[7] In his personal time he is a fan of baseball and football, and follows the Stockholm club AIK Fotboll.[5]
References
- ^ "Per Bolund" (in Swedish). Riksdagen. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Per Bolund" (in Swedish). Green Party. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Per Bolund: Sweden's great Green pensions hope". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ Sveriges Radio. "Direktrapport om Kaplans avgång" (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ^ a b "A Swiss pianist, a Rwandan chemist... meet 15 ministers brokering a deal in Glasgow". Climate Home News. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ Stockholm, Agencies in (24 November 2021). "Sweden's first female prime minister resigns after less than 12 hours". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ Riksdagsförvaltningen. "Per Bolund (MP) - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 November 2021.
External links
- Media related to Per Bolund at Wikimedia Commons