Morgan Johansson

Morgan Johansson
Minister for Justice
Assumed office
3 October 2014
Monarch Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
Preceded by Beatrice Ask
Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy
Assumed office
3 October 2014
Monarch Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven
Preceded by Tobias Billström
Personal details
Born (1970-05-14) 14 May 1970
Höganäs, Sweden
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 Justice and Migration in the Swedish Government, as a member of the Löfven Cabinet, since 2014.[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 deliberately attacked by an immigrant at the Broby hospital asylum center in Broby, Östra Göinge Municipality, Skåne. The immigrant, a 25-year-old man, charged Johansson and sprayed him with a fire extinguisher. The immigrant was quickly apprehended and Johansson was not seriously injured in this premeditated assault.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Sweden reveals new 'feminist' cabinet". The Local.se. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Isaksson, Christer (2010). Den nya vän(s)tern : [åt vilket håll går socialdemokraterna?]. Stockholm: Ekerlid. ISBN 978-91-7092-146-9
  3. ↑ http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=101&artikel=6123944
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