Kent Ekeroth

Kent Ekeroth
Member of the Swedish parliament for Stockholm County
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 October 2010
Personal details
Born 11 September 1981 (1981-09-11) (age 30)
Political party Sweden Democrats
Profession Economist

Kent Alexander Ekeroth (born 11 September 1981) is a Swedish politician of the nationalist Sweden Democrats party. He is member of the Swedish parliament since 4 October 2010 (elected in the 2010 general election), representing the Stockholm County constituency.[1] In the parliament he is a member of Committee on Justice and a deputy member of Committee on European Union Affairs.[1]

Ekeroth has worked as an economist.[2] He joined the Sweden Democrats in 2006.[3] Since 2007 he is the party's secretary for international affairs.[4]

In October 2006 Ekeroth was fired from his practical vocational training place at the Swedish embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, after the embassy had found out about his involvement with the Sweden Democrats.[2] The embassy's actions were later criticised by the Swedish Chancellor of Justice, Göran Lambertz, who ruled that the firing was illegal and a breach of Swedish constitutional laws.[5] The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, who are responsible for all Swedish embassies abroad, also had to pay damages to Ekeroth.[5]

Since late 2010, Ekeroth has been a board member of the pan-European eurosceptic European Alliance for Freedom.[6]

Kent Ekeroth's twin brother, Ted Ekeroth, also works for the Sweden Democrats. Their mother is a Polish Jew, while their father is a Swede.

References

  1. ^ a b "Kent Ekeroth (SD)". Parliament of Sweden. 15 October 2010. http://www.riksdagen.se/Webbnav/index.aspx?nid=1811&iid=0369028728526. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Lutteman, Markus (31 October 2006). "Sverigedemokrat uppsagd" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. http://www.svd.se/nyheter/inrikes/sverigedemokrat-uppsagd_366388.svd. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 
  3. ^ Nilsson, Kerstin (19 October 2009). "Tvillingbröderna startar kampanj mot muslimer" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article5978573.ab. Retrieved 19 October 2010. 
  4. ^ Ekeroth, Kent. "Om mig" (in Swedish). Kent Ekeroth. http://kentekeroth.se/about/. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 
  5. ^ a b "Sverigedemokrat får 30 000 i skadestånd" (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 7 August 2008. http://www.sydsvenskan.se/lund/article354402/Sverigedemokrat-far-30%C2%A0000-i-skadestand.html. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 
  6. ^ About EAF, European Alliance for Freedom, http://www.eurallfree.org/?q=node/65, retrieved 7 July 2011 

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