Ulrica Messing
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Ulrica Messing, born January 21, 1968, is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She was Minister for Communications and Regional Policy in the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications until 2006. Since October 2006 she is the chairman of the Riksdags committe for defence.
Ulrica Messing started her political career in the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League and was a member of the Municipal Council in Hofors Municipality from 1989. In 1991 she was elected to the Riksdag as a Member of Parliament. From 1993 she has been a member of the National Board of the Swedish Social Democratic Party.
In 1996 Prime Minister Göran Persson made her a minister. She first served in the Ministry of Labour, from 1998 in the Ministry of Culture, and from 2000 in the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications.
During her time as Minister for Communications, Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications from 2000 to 2006 she was in charge of the Swedish arms export. During her time Swedens arms export reached the 9:th place in order of magnitude (2005). It increased from 4,4 billion SEK in 2000 to 8,6 billion SEK in 2006. One very criticized arms deal during this time was when the Swedish company SAAB exported airplanes to the Pakistan military in a deal worth 8,3 billion SEK, about 1,2 billion USD.
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