Minister for Migration (Sweden)
Minister for Migration | |
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Migrationsminister | |
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since 18 October 2022 | |
Ministry of Justice | |
Member of | The Government |
Seat | Stockholm, Sweden |
Appointer | The Prime Minister |
Term length | No fixed term serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister |
Formation | 1996 |
First holder | Pierre Schori |
Website | [1] |
The Minister for Migration, (Swedish: migrationsminister), formally cabinet minister of the Ministry of Justice, is a member and minister of the Government of Sweden and is appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister is responsible for policies related to migration and asylum policies.
List of officeholders
[edit]No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) | Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | |||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
1 | ![]() | Pierre Schori (born 1938) | 22 March 1996 | 14 September 1999 | 3 years, 176 days | Social Democrats | Persson | |
2 | ![]() | Maj-Inger Klingvall (born 1946) | 14 September 1999 | 16 November 2001 | 2 years, 63 days | Social Democrats | ||
3 | Jan O. Karlsson (1939–2016) | 7 January 2002 | 10 October 2003 | 1 year, 276 days | Social Democrats | |||
4 | ![]() | Barbro Holmberg (born 1952) | 10 October 2003 | 6 October 2006 | 2 years, 361 days | Social Democrats | ||
5 | ![]() | Tobias Billström (born 1973) | 6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | 7 years, 362 days | Moderate | Reinfeldt | |
6 | ![]() | Morgan Johansson (born 1970) | 3 October 2014 | 27 July 2017 | 2 years, 297 days | Social Democrats | Löfven I | |
7 | Heléne Fritzon (born 1960) | 27 July 2017 | 21 January 2019 | 1 year, 178 days | Social Democrats | |||
(6) | ![]() | Morgan Johansson (born 1970) | 21 January 2019 | 30 November 2021 | 2 years, 313 days | Social Democrats | Löfven II Löfven III | |
8 | ![]() | Anders Ygeman (born 1970) | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | Andersson | |
9 | ![]() | Maria Malmer Stenergard (born 1981) | 18 October 2022 | 1 year, 320 days | Moderate Party | Kristersson |
Ministry history
[edit]The office of Minister for Migration has been under several different ministries since its founding in 1996.
Ministry | Term |
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Ministry for Foreign Affairs | 1996–2006 |
Ministry of Justice | 2006–present |