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Gunnar Strömmer

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Gunnar Strömmer
Strömmer in 2024
Minister for Justice
Assumed office
18 October 2022
Prime MinisterUlf Kristersson
Preceded byMorgan Johansson
Secretary-General of the Moderate Party
In office
12 October 2017 – 19 October 2022
LeaderUlf Kristersson
Preceded byAnders Edholm
Succeeded byKarin Enström
Chairman of the Moderate Youth League
In office
3 January 1998 – 15 November 2000
Preceded byThomas Idergard
Succeeded byTove Lifvendahl
Personal details
Born
Gunnar Sören Folke Strömmer

(1972-09-19) 19 September 1972 (age 52)
Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Political partyModerate Party

Gunnar Sören Folke Strömmer (born 19 September 1972) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. He has served as minister for justice in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022[1][2] and previously served as secretary-general of the Moderate Party from 2017 to 2022.[3] He was chairman of the Moderate Youth League, the youth wing of the Moderate Party, from 1998 to 2000.

A lawyer by profession, Strömmer served as a member of the executive board of the Moderate Party from 2015 to 2017, and as a party secretary in 2017-2022. Prior to that, he worked as a lawyer at the Gernandt & Danielsson law firm in Stockholm, and as manager of the non-profit Centrum för rättvisa.

In 2013, he was named "Swede of the Year" by the Fokus magazine.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Sweden's new Government". Government of Sweden. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Gunnar Strömmer (M) från Örnsköldsvik blir ny justitieminister". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Gunnar Strömmer - ny partisekreterare i Moderaterna". unt.se. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Han blev Årets svensk". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Moderate Youth League
1998–2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Moderate Party
2017–2022
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Justice
2022–
Incumbent