Eva Bolander
| Eva Bolander | |
|---|---|
| Councillor, Glasgow City Council | |
|
Assumed office 6 August 2015 | |
| Constituency |
Anderston/City/Yorkhill Anderston/City (2015–17) |
| Lord Provost of Glasgow | |
|
Assumed office 18 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sadie Docherty |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Political party | Scottish National Party |
Eva Bolander is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician.
She is the Lord Provost of Glasgow, elected in May 2017[1], the first member of the SNP to hold this post.
She sits as a councillor for the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward, having first been elected in a by-election in 2015.
Personal life
Born and brought up in Stockholm, Sweden, Bolander moved to Glasgow after the accession of Sweden to the EU. She had first visited Glasgow in the 1980s, competing in the World Pipe Band Championships, and later starting a relationship with a Scot.[2]
References
- ↑ Council, Glasgow City (18 May 2017). "Glasgow's new Lord Provost Eva Bolander was elected today at a meeting of the full council.pic.twitter.com/lHuUrnJfk4". @GlasgowCC. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ↑ "Eva Bolander — Once a visiting piper from Sweden, now Glasgow's Lord Provost". The National. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
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