Margot Wallström Politician

Margot Elisabeth Wallström (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾːɡɔt ˈvalːstɾœm]) (born 28 September 1954) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats and diplomat. She is the Minister for Foreign Affairs since 3 October 2014. Wallström previously served as European Commissioner for the Environment from 1999 to 2004 and as European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy from 2004 to 2009. She was also the first of five vice-presidents of the 27-member Barroso Commission and worked as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sexual Violence in Conflict.

Personal facts

Margot Wallström
Birth dateSeptember 28, 1954
Birth place
Skellefteå

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Office holder

office
First Vice President of the European Commission
European Commissioner for the Environment
European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy
party
Swedish Social Democratic Party
president
successor

Margot Wallström on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ec.europa.eu/archives/commission_1999_2004/wallstrom/index_en.htm
  2. http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/wallstrom/index_en.htm