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Maj-Lis Lööw

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Maj-Lis Lööw
Minister of Immigration
In office
30 January 1989 – 4 October 1991
Prime MinisterIngvar Carlsson
Preceded byGeorg Andersson
Succeeded byBirgit Friggebo
Minister of Gender Equality
In office
30 January 1989 – 4 October 1991
Prime MinisterIngvar Carlsson
Preceded byIngela Thalén
Succeeded byBirgit Friggebo
Personal details
Born (1936-08-13) 13 August 1936 (age 88)
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Political partySocial Democratic Party

Maj-Lis Lööw (born 13 August 1936) is a former Swedish Social Democratic Party politician who served as the minister of immigration and minister of gender equality between 1989 and 1991 in the cabinets of Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson. She was also a member of the Swedish Parliament and the European Parliament.

Biography

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Lööw was born in Eskilstuna on 13 August 1936.[1] She was a member of the Social Democratic Party and the chair of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden in the period 1981–1990.[2] She served at the Swedish Parliament for the Social Democratic Party between 1979 and 1995.[3] On 30 January 1989 Lööw was appointed minister of immigration, replacing Georg Andersson in the post.[3][4][5]

In the same period Lööw was also the minister of gender equality. His tenure ended on 4 October 1991.[5] She resigned from the Swedish Parliament in 1995 and served at the European Parliament as part of the Party of European Socialists of which she was vice president from 1995 and 1997.[1] Her term at the European Parliament ended in 1999.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Maj-Lis Lööw. Sverige". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Maj-Lis Lööw: Palme var framsynt". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). 28 February 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Maj-Lis Lööw (S)" (in Swedish). Swedish Parliament. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ Tomas Hammar (February 1989). "SOPEMI Report. Immigration to Sweden in 1986 and 1987" (Report). Stockholm: Stockholm University. p. 14. ISSN 0283-5851.
  5. ^ a b Carl Dahlström (December 2007). "Rhetorical Objectives and Program Efficiency in Swedish Policy about Immigrants". Journal of Public Policy. 27 (3): 337. doi:10.1017/S0143814X07000736. JSTOR 40072029.
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