Åsa Romson | |
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Spokesperson of the Green Party | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 21 May 2011 Serving with Gustav Fridolin |
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Preceded by | Maria Wetterstrand Peter Eriksson |
Member of the Swedish parliament | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 4 October 2010 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 22 March 1972 Stockholm, Sweden |
Political party | Green Party |
Profession | Lawyer |
Åsa Elisabeth Romson (born 22 March 1972) is a Swedish Green Party politician. She is a member of the Swedish parliament since the 2010 election.
Between 2002-2010 she was a member of the city council in Stockholm. Since the 2010 election she has been a spokesperson for environmental and climate policy. In the late 1990s, she was a member of the Green Party and the Young Greens of Sweden.
On 29 March 2011, she was proposed as one of the candidates[1] to be the Green Party's new spokesman, together with Gustav Fridolin. They were elected on 21 May 2011.