Fredrik Reinfeldt

John Fredrik Reinfeldt , (born the August 4th 1965 with Österhaninge, in the County of Stockholm (Sweden), is a Politician Swedish, chief of the conservative party Moderaterna since the October 25th 2003. Prime Minister of the Sweden since the October 6th 2006.

Reinfeldt succeeded Bo Lundgren with the head of the party, the October 25th 2003. After the victory of middle-class alliance to the legislative election of 2006, he was elected on October 5th at the post of Prime Minister, and took his functions on October 6th. He became the third younger Prime Minister of Sweden, after Robert Themptander and Rickard Sandler.

He domiciled with Täby, the north of Stockholm, and is married with Filippa Reinfeldt, elected at the Parliament of the County of Stockholm, with which he had three children.

Biography

Childhood

Fredrik Reinfeldt was born in Österhaninge, in the County of Stockholm, he is the son of Bruno and Birgitta Reinfeldt. His/her father works like advising and elected moderated party with Täby, his/her mother is psychologist and adviser in management. It has two brothers, Magnus and Henrik.

He lived his childhood in various cities, among which Bromsten, London and Spånga, and played tennis shoe in the team of Tensta Tigers, but he especially belonged to several theater companies amateur, spex and revyer. The family settled in Täby in 1976.

The movement of young people moderate

It engages in the movement of young people moderate in 1983, at the eighteen years age, having been politically committed since earlier. It carried out its military service with Kiruna in the Lappish hunters.

At the time of its studies to the University of Stockholm, it engaged in the newsgroup Borgerliga Studenter - Opposition '68 (Student Middle-class men, Opposition '68), of which he was president in 1988 - 1989. In 1988, he was also elected at the municipal council of Täby. In 1990, it passes its diploma of Economic scenes and becomes president of the movement of young Moderate Täbys. The following year, in 1991, he is elected with the Riksdag.

Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, president of the movement of the young social democrats, described Reinfeldt as somebody who “preserves very with difficulty an idea” and which it is “very difficult to seize the character”.

Reinfeldt was elected president of the movement of young people Moderate at the time of the congress of Lycksele in 1992, with 58 votes, against 55 for Ulf Kristersson. This congress was a long time the culminating point of the internal struggle between the conservatives and the néo-liberals, Reinfeldt representing the conservatives, and Kristersson the néo-liberals.

At the time of the legislative elections of the September 17th 2006, it proposes a political program center than the preceding leaders of its party, contributing probably thus to the electoral progress recorded by its party which, with 26,1 % of the voices against 15,3 % in 2002, gains its best score since decades. Its coalition, which includes also the Liberal party of the people, the Party of the center and the Christians democratic, obtains 48,1 on the whole; % of the voices and precedes the outgoing left majority which obtained only 46,2 %.

He is elected the October 5th, Prime Minister by the Parlement Swedish (Riksdag) by 175 votes against 169. He presented the October 6th to the members of Parliament, the composition and the program of his government which includes also the Liberal party of the people, the Party of the center and the Christians democratic.

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