| POLITICAL FUNCTIONS |
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| Member
of Parliament |
Swedish Parliament |
2000 - present |
| Member |
Parliamentary Committee on European Union Affairs |
2002 - 2006 |
| Member |
Swedish Delegation of Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) Member of
OSCE PA working group on Human Trafficking Issues Member of Election
Observation Missions
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2002 - present |
| Member |
Parliamentary Committee on Labour Market |
2002 - 2006 |
| Member |
National Committee on Law of Planning
and Building |
2002 - 2005 |
| Member |
Parliamentary Committee on Housing |
2000 - 2002
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| Member |
National Committee for Habitat and Agenda
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2000 - 2003 |
Member
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National Board of Housing, Building and Planning |
2000 - 2006 |
| Board Member |
Swedish Association of Local Authorities |
1999 - 2003 |
Board Member
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Göteborg Housing Corporation |
1999 - 2003 |
| Member |
Göteborg City Council |
1998 - 2003 |
| Member |
Göteborg City Property Committee |
1998 - 2000 |
Member/Vice Chairman
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District Board Christian Democratic Party, Göteborg |
1995 - 1998 |
Member
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City District Committee |
1994 - 1998 |
| Board Membert |
Christian Democratic International Center |
2003 - present |
| Member |
National Board of Transport and Communication |
2006 - |
| Member |
National Board of Defence |
2006 - |
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| SELECTED SPEECHES |
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| “Anti-semitism in Europe and the Middle–East”
ECI, European Parliament in Brussels (September 2005) |
“Trafficking in Europe” 15th Annual
Session of the OSCE PA in Washington DC, USA
(July 2005) |
“Religious Freedom” 14th Annual
Session of the OSCE PA in Edinburgh, Scotland
(July 2004) |
| “Anti-Semitism in Europe” 13th
Annual Session of the OSCE PA in Rotterdam, Netherlands (July 2003) |
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| OTHER ASSIGNMENTS |
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| Member of Political Council |
First Step Forum – International Organization for Human Rights
issues |
2002 - present |
| Board Member |
National Association for Social Planning |
2000 - present |
| Board Member/vice Chairman |
Våra Gårdar (trustee of 550 civic association buildings) |
2002 - present |
| Board of Governors |
The Neri Bloomfield Wizo Academy of Design and Education/Haifa Israel |
2005 - present |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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Architect/Project
Coordinator |
Göteborg Municipality/
Coordinator National Social Insurance Board |
1994 - 2000 |
Architect/ Urban
management
|
Mölndal Municipality |
1990 - 1994 |
| Architect |
Chengelo Trust School, Zambia |
1986 - 1989 |
| Architect |
Lindfors Architect Office, Mölndal |
1984 - 1985 |
| Architect |
Norconsult, Kigoma Mission Hospital, Tanzania |
1980 - 1983 |
| Architect |
Widéns Architect Office, Jönköping |
1978 - 1980 |
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| EDUCATION |
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Master of Architecture, University of Technology, Göteborg
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1977 |
| Burgården Senior High School, Göteborg |
1973 |
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| PERSONAL DATA |
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| Date of birth: |
October 29, 1953 |
| Nationality: |
Swedish |
| Marital status: |
Married/two adult children |
| Languages: |
Swedish (Norwegian, Danish), English, some German |