Lena Ek

Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for the Environment from 2011 to 2014. She is a former Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Riksdag. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

She sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She was also a substitute for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Her son, Magnus Ek, was chairman of the Centre Party Youth from 2015 to 2019.

Career

 * Degree in law
 * University lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Lund University (1987–1994)
 * District Chairwoman, Centre Party, Östergötland (1993–1995)
 * Chairwoman of Centre Party women's association (1998–2000)
 * Member of the Centre Party executive (since 1998)
 * Member of the party's executive committee (since 2000)
 * Municipal Commissioner, Valdemarsvik (1994–1998)
 * County councillor and substitute member of the Östergötland County Council Executive Committee (1994–1998)
 * Member of the Swedish Parliament (1998–2004)
 * Centre Party's spokesman on economic policy (1998–2004)
 * Member of the European Parliament (2004-2011)
 * Minister for the Environment (2011– 2014)