Maj-Inger Klingvall

Elsa Maj-Inger Klingvall, née Ohlsson is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and diplomat. She served as a member of the Riksdag for Östergötland County from 1988 to 2002 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Göran Persson, first as minister for social security (1996-1999) and later as minister for international development co-operation and minister for migration (1999-2001). After leaving government, she was Sweden’s ambassador to Mozambique, with accreditation to Swaziland, from 2003 to 2007, and later worked at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs with responsibility for West Africa until her retirement in 2011. She has also been active in the Social Democratic Women in Sweden and served as chair of UNICEF Sweden from 2017.

Country

Sweden

Category

Politicians

Type

Politician

Status

living

Dates

Born 1946 · age 80

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