Maria Arnholm

Maria Arnholm


Secretary of the Liberals
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 October 2014
Party leader	Jan Björklund
Preceded by	Nina Larsson
Member of the Riksdag
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 October 2014
Constituency	Stockholm County
Minister for Gender Equality
In office 21 January 2013 – 3 October 2014
Prime Minister	Fredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded by	Nyamko Sabuni
Succeeded by	Åsa Regnér
Personal details
Born	(1958-03-16) 16 March 1958 Partille, Sweden
Political party	Liberals
Alma mater	Stockholm University

Maria Elisabet Wallgren Arnholm (born 16 March 1958) is a Swedish politician who has been Secretary of the Liberals since October 2014.

Arnholm served as Minister for Gender Equality and as deputy Minister for Education in the Swedish Government from 2013 to 2014.^[1]

Education and career

Arnholm is an educated jurist, and studied at Stockholm University from 1978 to 1983. Arnholm was chief of staff to Bengt Westerberg during his tenure as Minister for Health and Social Affairs from 1991 to 1994. She went on to be communications director for Coop Norden AB from 2002 to 2006, and was CEO for PR agency Springtime from 2006 to 2012. Arnholm was appointed to become Nyamko Sabuni's state secretary on 25 May 2012 and served in that position until 21 January 2013.

In the morning of 21 January 2013, Arnholm was appointed Minister for Gender Equality following the sudden resignation of Nyamko Sabuni.^[2] She also took office as deputy Minister for Education.

Following the 2014 defeat, Arnholm was appointed Secretary of the Liberal People's Party, now the Liberals, as the cabinet of Reinfeldt left office on 3 October 2014.

References

Government offices
Preceded by Nyamko Sabuni	Minister for Gender Equality 2013 – 2014	Succeeded by Åsa Regnér
Preceded by Nyamko Sabuni	Dept. Minister for Education 2013 – 2014	Succeeded by Helene Hellmark Knutsson
Party political offices
Preceded by Nina Larsson	Secretary of the Liberals 2014 –	Incumbent

Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt

Ministers

Reinfeldt (2006–2014)
Adelsohn Liljeroth (2006–2014)
Ask (2006–2014)
Bildt (2006–2014)
Billström (2006–2014)
Björklund (2006–2014)
Björling (2007–2014)
Borg (2006–2014)
Ek (2011–2014)
Erlandsson (2006–2014)
Hägglund (2006–2014)
Larsson (2006–2014)
Ohlsson (2010–2014)
Lööf (2011–2014)
Norman (2010–2014)
Kristersson (2010–2014)
Attefall (2010–2014)
Hatt (2010–2014)
Elmsäter-Svärd (2010–2014)
Enström (2012–2014)
Engström (2010–2014)
Ullenhag (2010–2014)
Arnholm (2013–2014)
Svantesson (2013–2014)
Borelius (2006)
Stegö Chilò (2006)
Odenberg (2006–2007)
Leijonborg (2006–2009)
Malmström (2006–2010)
Littorin (2006–2010)
Husmark Pehrsson (2006–2010)
Odell (2006–2010)
Krantz (2009–2010)
Torstensson (2006–2010)
Olofsson (2006–2011)
Carlgren (2006–2011)
Tolgfors (2006–2012)
Sabuni (2006–2013)
Carlsson (2006–2013)

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