Lena Hjelm-Wallén

Lena Hjelm-Wallén
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
In office 10 November 1995 – 21 October 2002 ()
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Ingvar Carlsson Göran Persson
Preceded by	Mona Sahlin
Succeeded by	Margareta Winberg
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 7 October 1994 – 7 October 1998 ()
Prime Minister	Ingvar Carlsson Göran Persson
Preceded by	Margaretha af Ugglas
Succeeded by	Anna Lindh
Minister for Education
In office 8 October 1982 – 17 October 1985 ()
Prime Minister	Olof Palme
Preceded by	Jan-Erik Wikström
Succeeded by	Lennart Bodström
Personal details
Born	(1943-01-14) 14 January 1943 Sala, Sweden
Political party	Social Democrats
Spouse(s)	Ingvar Wallén
Alma mater	Uppsala University
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Lena Birgitta Hjelm-Wallén (born January 14, 1943 in Sala, Sweden) is a Swedish politician. In 1968 Hjelm-Wallén became a member of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag) and she held several cabinet positions, starting in 1974 as the youngest minister to that date. A member of the Social Democratic party, she served as Minister for Education from 1982 to 1985, as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 1998 and as Deputy Prime Minister from 1995 to 2002.

She has served as Chair of the governing Board of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA), an intergovernmental organisation with 25 member states whose objective is supporting sustainable democratic change worldwide.

External links

• Lena Hjelm-Wallen at the Riksdag website

Government offices
Preceded by Margaretha af Ugglas	Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs 1994–1998	Succeeded by Anna Lindh