Ulf Kristersson

Ulf Kristersson
Kristersson in 2023
Prime Minister of Sweden
Assumed office
18 October 2022
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
DeputyEbba Busch
Preceded byMagdalena Andersson
Leader of the Moderate Party
Assumed office
1 October 2017
Deputy
Party Secretary
Preceded byAnna Kinberg Batra
Leader of the Opposition
In office
1 October 2017 – 18 October 2022
MonarchCarl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister
Preceded byAnna Kinberg Batra
Succeeded byMagdalena Andersson
Minister for Social Security
In office
5 October 2010 – 3 October 2014
Prime MinisterFredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded byCristina Husmark Pehrsson
Succeeded byAnnika Strandhäll
Chairman of the Moderate Youth League
In office
26 November 1988 – 24 October 1992
Preceded byBeatrice Ask
Succeeded byFredrik Reinfeldt
Member of the Riksdag
Assumed office
4 October 2014
ConstituencySödermanland County
In office
5 October 1991 – 30 April 2000
ConstituencyStockholm Municipality
Personal details
Born
Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson

(1963-12-29) 29 December 1963 (age 60)
Lund, Sweden
Political partyModerate Party
Spouse
Birgitta Ed
(m. 1991)
Children3 (adopted)
ResidenceSager House
Alma materUppsala University (Civilekonom)
WebsiteOfficial website
Military service
Branch/service Swedish Army
Years of service1983–1984
UnitUppland Regiment

Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson (born 29 December 1963) is a Swedish politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Sweden since 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party (M) since October 2017 and a member of the Riksdag (MP) for Södermanland County since 2014 and for Stockholm County from 1991 to 2000.[1] He previously served as Minister for Social Security from 2010 to 2014 and as Chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 1988 to 1992.[2]

On 11 December 2014, he was appointed Shadow Finance Minister of the Moderate Party and economic policy spokesperson. On 1 October 2017 Kristersson was elected party leader of the Moderate Party after Anna Kinberg Batra stepped down.[3][4] Under his leadership, M has opened up to the Sweden Democrats (SD) and, by late 2021, had formed an informal right-wing alliance with them and two centre-right parties of the dissolved Alliance. In the 2022 Swedish general election, that bloc obtained a majority in the Riksdag, leading to Kristersson's election as prime minister on 17 October.[5]

  1. ^ "Ulf Kristersson (M) – Riksdagen". Riksdagen. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Kristersson blir M:s nya Borg". Dagens Industri. 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ^ Kristersson kandiderar till M-ledare Archived 14 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine Published 1 September 2017
  4. ^ "Anna Kinberg Batra to leave politics". Sveriges Radio. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  5. ^ Cursino, Malu (17 October 2022). "Ulf Kristersson: Swedish parliament elects new PM backed by far right". BBC. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

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