Kerstin Lundgren

Kerstin Lundgren

Kerstin Lundgren (born 1955) is a Swedish Centre Party politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2002. Lundgren is also a member of the AWEPA Governing Council.[1]

In the Swedish parliament, Lundgren has been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs since 2006. She is currently the foreign policy spokeswoman of the Centre Party.[2]

In addition to her role in parliament, Lundgren has been serving as member of the Swedish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2007. As member of the Centre Party, she is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. She is currently the vice-chairwoman of the Assembly’s Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World; a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; and a member of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee). Alongside Boriss Cilevičs of Latvia, she serves as the Assembly’s co-rapporteur on Georgia.[3] Prior to that mandate, she was the rapporteur on the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the Council of Europe.

References

  1. ↑ http://awepa.org/index.php/en/about-us/organisational-structure/governing-council.html
  2. ↑ Henriette Jacobsen (October 31, 2014), After recognising Palestine, Swedish legislators spar EurActiv.
  3. ↑ Georgia: co-rapporteurs welcome willingness to seek Venice Commission’s opinion on Constitutional Court amendments Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of May 10, 2016.
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