Morgan Johansson
Morgan Johansson | |
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Minister for Home Affairs | |
Assumed office 27 July 2017 | |
Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
Preceded by | Anders Ygeman |
Minister for Justice | |
Assumed office 3 October 2014 | |
Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
Deputy |
Anders Ygeman Heléne Fritzon |
Preceded by | Beatrice Ask |
Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy | |
In office 3 October 2014 – 27 July 2017 | |
Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
Preceded by | Tobias Billström |
Succeeded by | Heléne Fritzon |
Personal details | |
Born |
Höganäs, Sweden | 14 May 1970
Political party | Social Democrats |
Morgan Johansson (full name: Tomas Morgan Johansson, born 14 May 1970 in Höganäs, Malmöhus County) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He has served as Minister for Home Affairs since 2017 and as Minister for Justice since 2014. He served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2014 to 2017.[1]
Johansson was previously Minister for Public Health and Social Services in the Persson Cabinet from 2002 to 2006 and has been a Member of the Riksdag for the southern Skåne County electoral district since the 1998 elections. As a member of the opposition he was Chairman of the Committee on Justice of the Riksdag from 2010 to 2014.
Johansson worked as a journalist and editorial writer for the social democratic daily newspaper Arbetet Nyheterna 1994-1997 and as political expert in the Prime Minister's Office from 1997 to 1998.
In 2010 author Christer Isaksson described Johansson as a member of the left-leaning faction of the Social Democratic Party.[2] He is also a member of the Swedish Humanist Association and has previously served on the association board.
On Monday afternoon, March 23, 2015, Johansson was attacked at the Broby hospital asylum center in Broby, Östra Göinge Municipality, Skåne. A 25-year-old man charged at Johansson and sprayed him with a fire extinguisher. The attacker was quickly apprehended and Johansson was not injured in what was referred to as a premeditated assault.[3]
References
- ↑ "Sweden reveals new 'feminist' cabinet". The Local.se. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ Isaksson, Christer (2010). Den nya vän(s)tern : [åt vilket håll går socialdemokraterna?]. Stockholm: Ekerlid. ISBN 978-91-7092-146-9
- ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Minister attackerad på asylboende - P4 Kristianstad".
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Political offices | ||
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Preceded by – |
Member of the Riksdag for the south electoral district of Skåne County 1998–2014 |
Succeeded by Marianne Pettersson |
Preceded by Ingvar Johnsson |
Deputy chairman of the Riksdag's Committee on Justice 2002 |
Succeeded by Susanne Eberstein |
Preceded by Ingela Thalén |
Minister for Public Health 2002–2006 |
Succeeded by Maria Larsson |
Preceded by Thomas Bodström |
Chairman of the Riksdag's Committee on Justice 2010–2014 |
Succeeded by Beatrice Ask |
Preceded by Beatrice Ask |
Minister for Justice 2014–present |
Incumbent |
Preceded by Tobias Billström |
Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy 2014–2017 |
Succeeded by Heléne Fritzon |
Preceded by Anders Ygeman |
Minister for Home Affairs 2017–present |
Incumbent |