Lena Ek

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Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958 in Mönsterås, Sweden) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

She sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She is also a substitute for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

[edit] Career

• Degree in law
• University lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Lund University (1987-1994)
• District Chairwoman, Centre Party, Östergötland (1993-1995)
• Chairwoman of Centre Party women's association (1998-2000)
• Member of the Centre Party executive (since 1998)
• Member of the party's executive committee (since 2000)
• Municipal Commissioner, Valdemarsvik (1994-1998)
• County councillor and substitute member of the Östergötland County Council Executive Committee (1994-1998)
• Member of the Swedish Parliament (1998-2004)
• Centre Party's spokesman on economic policy (1998-2004)

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in Swedish; PDF)
• Lena Ek's weblog (Swedish)