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Cecilia Malmström
Minister for European Union Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office  6 October 2006
Preceded by	None (office created)
Born	15 May 1968 (1968-05-15) (age 41) Stockholm, Sweden
Political party	Liberal People's Party
Alma mater	Sorbonne University of Gothenburg
Signature
Website	Minister for EU Affairs

Anna Cecilia Malmström (born 15 May 1968) is a Swedish politician currently serving as Minister for European Union Affairs in the Swedish government. Prior to her appointment as Minister for EU Affairs on 6 October 2006, she had served as a Member of the European Parliament since 1999. She is a member of the Liberal People's Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

When she was MEP she was member of European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. She was also a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Cecilia Malmström was born in Stockholm but grew up in Gothenburg and in France. She speaks Swedish, English, Spanish and French fluently, and also decent German and Italian. She currently resides in Gothenburg with her husband and two twin daughters.

During her time as MEP she also initiated the oneseat.eu web campaign [1], which aims to make the European Parliament permanently seated in Brussels.

Cecilia Malmström supports integration of Sweden to Eurozone and introducing the euro currency. In August 2007 she was one of the politicians calling for another referendum (first was in 2003) on euro.

We respect the result of the referendum, of course, but still think that one should be able to argue for something one believes in... ...A lot had changed since the 2003 referendum... ...Slovenia has joined, Malta and Cyprus are joining at the beginning of next year. Next year, at least two Baltic countries will join. In 2010-11 there could be eight or nine new members. The more members there are, the greater the political price of being outside, because we can't make a difference... ...Sweden had lost out economically by not joining the single European currency. She cited a report from the National Board of Trade: "We have lost 100 billion kronor in exports and the same amount in imports. Our trade with the eurozone would have been 13-14 percent greater if we had been members."

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On November 17th 2009, Cecilia Malmström was nominated by the Swedish government to be the country's next EU commissioner.

Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Education

• 1987: Studies in literature at the Sorbonne, Paris
• 1991: University degree
• Ph.D (1998) in political science, Gothenburg University
• 1989: Technical assistant with SKF in Paris (1986–1987) and Barcelona

[edit] Career

• 1989–1992: Psychiatric nurse, Lillhagen Hospital
• 1991–1992: Teacher of social studies, municipal adult education service
• 1992–1999: Researcher at Gothenburg University
• since 1997: Member of the Swedish Liberal Party executive
• since 2001: Leading member of the Party
• 1998–2001: Member of Västra Götaland regional council
• 1999–2006: Member of the European Parliament
• 1999–2006: Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
• 1999–2004: Member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs
• 1999–2004: Vice-Chairwoman of the Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee
• 2002–2004: ELDR Group spokeswoman on foreign affairs
• 1999–2006: Member of the ELDR/ALDE Group Bureau
• since 1999: Member of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (Utrikespolitiska samfundet)
• since October 2006: Minister of European Affairs in Sweden
• Author of books, articles and essays on regional parties, regionalism, Spanish politics, European politics, immigration and terrorism, etc

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Sweden)

[edit] References

1. ^ The Local - Alliance rejects Liberal calls for euro vote

[edit] External links

• Cecilia Malmström's pages at the website of the Swedish government
• Cecilia Malmström's Presidency blog

Political offices
Preceded by Position established	Minister for European Union Affairs 2006–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Jan Kohout	President of the Council of the European Union 2009–present

v • d • e Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt Current ministers Reinfeldt · Malmström · Ask · Billström · Bildt · Björling · Tolgfors · Carlsson · Hägglund · Larsson · Husmark Pehrsson · Borg · Odell · Krantz · Björklund · Adelsohn Liljeroth · Erlandsson · Carlgren · Olofsson · Torstensson · Littorin · Sabuni Former ministers Borelius (2006) · Stegö Chilò (2006) · Odenberg (2006–2007) · Leijonborg (2006–2009)

Persondata
NAME	Malmström, Cecilia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Swedish politician
DATE OF BIRTH	15 May 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH