Lars Adaktusson

Lars Adaktusson
MEP
Member of the Riksdag
Assuming office
24 September 2018
Succeeding Elected
Constituency Dalarna County
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Constituency Sweden
Personal details
Born Lars Göran Peter Adaktusson
(1955-08-06) 6 August 1955
Jönköping, Sweden
Political party  Swedish
Christian Democrats
 EU
European People's Party
Spouse(s) Helen Adaktusson
Children 2
Alma mater Örebro University
Göteborg University
Website www.adaktusson.eu

Lars Göran Peter Adaktusson (born 6 August 1955) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden. He was elected Member of the Riksdag in the 2018 general election and is set to take office on 24 September 2018.[1] He is a member of the Christian Democrats, part of the European People's Party.[2]

Early career

An employee of public broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) for many years, Adaktusson has worked both as a reporter and a news anchor for the nightly news show Aktuellt, and has in addition also been stationed as a foreign correspondent in Vienna, Washington DC, and in Amman.[3]

Member of the European Parliament

Adaktusson was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2014 European Parliament elections in Sweden.[4][5] He has since been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI). In addition to his committee assignments, he serves as vice-chairman of the parliament’s delegation for relations with Afghanistan.

In February 2016, Adaktusson tabled a resolution recognizing the Islamic State militant group’s (ISIS) systematic killing and persecution of religious minorities in the Middle East as a genocide, which the European Parliament unanimously passed.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Adaktusson elected Member of the Riksdag 2018-09-16 (Swedish)
  2. ↑ "Adaktusson vann "fajten" mot Bodström | Nyheter | Aftonbladet". aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. ↑ "Lars Adaktusson vill bli KD-politiker | Nyheter | Aftonbladet". aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  4. ↑ "Resumé: Lars Adaktusson till EU-parlamentet". resume.se. Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. ↑ "Adaktusson lyfte KD i EU-valet - Dagens Media". dagensmedia.se. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  6. ↑ Jack Moore (February 4, 2016), European Parliament Recognizes ISIS Killing of Religious Minorities as Genocide Newsweek.
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