Minister for Integration (Sweden)

Minister for Integration Integrationsminister
Incumbent Vacant since 3 October 2014
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Leif Blomberg
Formation	1996
Website	www.sweden.gov.se

The Minister for Integration (Swedish: Integrationsminister) was a cabinet minister within the Swedish Government between 1996 and 2014. The cabinet minister was appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.

The minister was responsible for issues regarding integration, discrimination, human rights at the national level, Swedish citizenship and minorities. The last Minister for Integration was Erik Ullenhag, who served from 2010 to 2014.

List of Ministers for Integration

№		Minister for Integration	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Prime Minister
1		Leif Blomberg (1941–1998)	22 March 1996	2 March 1998 †	710		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
2		Lars Engqvist (born 1945)	2 March 1998	October 1998	214		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
3		Ulrica Messing (born 1968)	October 1998	2000	792		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
4		Mona Sahlin (born 1957)	2000	21 October 2004	1405		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
5		Jens Orback (born 1959)	21 October 2004	5 October 2006	714		Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
6		Nyamko Sabuni (born 1969)	6 October 2006	5 October 2010	1460		Liberal People's	Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)
7		Erik Ullenhag (born 1972)	6 October 2010	3 October 2014	1458		Liberal People's	Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)

Ministry history

The office of Minister for Integration was under several different ministries from its founding in 1996 to its abolishment in 2014.

Ministry	Term
Ministry of the Interior	1996–1998
Ministry of Culture	1998–2000
Ministry of Justice	2000–2006
Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality	2006–2010
Ministry of Employment	2010–2014