Ylva Johansson

Ylva Johansson
Johansson in 2019
European Commissioner for Home Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 December 2019
President	Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	Dimitris Avramopoulos
Minister for Employment
In office 3 October 2014 – 10 September 2019
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Elisabeth Svantesson
Succeeded by	Eva Nordmark
Minister for Welfare and Elderly Healthcare
In office 13 September 2004 – 6 October 2006
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Berit Andnor
Succeeded by	Cristina Husmark Pehrsson (Social Security) Maria Larsson (Elderly Healthcare)
Minister for Schools
In office 7 October 1994 – 7 October 1998
Prime Minister	Ingvar Carlsson Göran Persson
Preceded by	Beatrice Ask
Succeeded by	Ingegerd Wärnersson
Member of Parliament for Stockholm Municipality
In office 6 October 2006 – 5 September 2019
In office 4 October 1988 – 30 September 1991
Personal details
Born	(1964-02-13) 13 February 1964 (age 60) Huddinge, Sweden
Political party	Social Democrats (1992–present)
Other political affiliations	VPK (1988–1992)
Spouse(s)	Bo Hammar [sv] ​ ​ (m. 1990; div. 1999)​ Erik Åsbrink ​ ​ (m. 2002; sep. 2015)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Lund University Stockholm Institute of Education

Ylva Julia Margareta Johansson (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Sweden's European Commissioner in the von der Leyen Commission since 1 December 2019.

Johansson was previously Minister for Schools from 1994 to 1998, Minister for Welfare and Elderly Healthcare from 2004 to 2006 and Minister for Employment from 2014 to 2019 in the Government of Sweden. She was Member of Parliament representing Stockholm Municipality, from 1988 to 1991 for the Left Party – Communists and from 2006 to 2019 for the Social Democrats.