Alice Bah Kuhnke

Alice Bah Kuhnke
Minister for Culture
Assumed office
3 October 2014
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
Preceded by Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth
Minister for Democracy
Assumed office
3 October 2014
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
Preceded by Birgitta Ohlsson
Personal details
Born Alice Bah
(1971-12-21) 21 December 1971
Malmö, Sweden
Political party Green Party
Spouse(s) Johannes Bah Kuhnke
Website Alice Bah Kuhnke (mp)

Alice Bah Kuhnke (born Alice Bah; 21 December 1971) is the Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy since October 2014. She is also a former television presenter and one of the founders of the think tank Sektor3.[1] On 3 October 2014, she was elected to be the Minister of Culture in the Löfven Cabinet three days after becoming a member of Miljöpartiet, the Green Party of Sweden.[2]

Biography

Bah grew up in Horda in Småland, Sweden with her Gambian father and Swedish mother. She went to a track and field athletics oriented high school in Växjö, and was one of the country's best female sprinters in the late 1980s, with 200 meters being her speciality.[3][4] Her television career began in 1992 with SVT's Disney Club. Between 1998 and 1999, she had her own talk show at TV4[5] and many other television assignments including with the current events show Kalla fakta.[6]

After leaving television to study political science, Bah has led a philanthropy fund at the Swedish insurance company Skandia.[7] From 2004 to 2007, she worked as Secretary General of the fair trade organization Rättvisemärkt.[5]

She was a member of the Swedish Church synod 2006–2010,[8] member of the Board of Dramaten Theatre,[9] as well as Vice President of YMCA-YWCA Sweden.[10]

In September 2009, Bah took the position of Environmental and Corporate social responsibility manager at ÅF.[11] Alongside her job at ÅF, she also serves as a board member of a small[12] internet web design firm Doberman.[13]

In October 2014, Bah was appointed head of Ministry of Culture in the Löfven Cabinet.[14]

Personal life

Bah was married to TV personality Henrik Johnsson from 1998 to 2002.[15] In 2003, she married actor and singer Johannes Bah Kuhnke.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Cecilia Jacobsson (3 November 2008). "Nu går hon in i en helt ny sektor" (in Swedish). DN.se. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Alice Bah Kuhnke (MP) är ny kulturminister". SvD.se. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Sverige-bästa 1986, Svenska Friidrottsförbundets officiella friidrottsstatistik (Sweden's best 1986 – official statistics of the Swedish Athletics Federation) (in Swedish). CEWE-förlaget. 1987.
  4. ↑ Sverige-bästa 1988, Svenska Friidrottsförbundets officiella friidrottsstatistik (Sweden's best 1988 – official statistics of the Swedish Athletics Federation) (in Swedish). CEWE-förlaget. 1989.
  5. 1 2 "Alice Bah Kuhnke - Värnamo kommun". Varnamo.se. 9 March 2008. Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Alice Bah Kuhnke: "Studierna gjorde att jag slapp jobba med TV"". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Cv Alice Bah Kuhnke". Regeringskansliet. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Val till Kyrkomöte - valresultat". Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Dramaten". Dramatens blogg. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010.
  10. ↑ "KFUM Sverige". kfuk-kfum.se. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "ÅF recruits Alice Bah Kuhnke as VP Sustainability & CSR" (Press release). Ad Hoc News. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  12. ↑ "Doberman on Agency Spotter". Agency Spotter. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Resumé: Alice Bah till Doberman". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Alice Bah Kuhnke ny kulturminister". DN.SE. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  15. 1 2 "Alice Bah har gift sig - med skådis". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 June 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by
Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth		 Minister for Culture
2014–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Birgitta Ohlsson		 Minister for Democracy
2014–present 		Incumbent
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