predecessor successor birth_place leader party office primeminister birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
lars stjernkvist margareta winberg margot wallström inger davidsson ibrahim baylan lars engqvist leif pagrotsky jörgen andersson luleå , sweden göran persson mona sahlin social democratic party secretary of sweden minister for culture and sports minister for interior of affairs the social democratic party deputy prime minister göran persson göran persson ingvar carlsson 4 november 1951 10 7 october 1994 september 2004 31 october 2003 22 march 1996 marita ulvskog inför eu-valet i maj 2014.jpg marita ulvskog
 10 22 march 1996 march 2009 31 may 2004 13 september 2004 marita ulvskog stockholm university
marita ulvskog

marita ulvskog -lrb- born 4 september 1951 in luleå -rrb- is a swedish social democratic politician .
she was a member of the riksdag 1998-2009 .
she was the swedish minister for home affairs from 1994 to 1996 and minister for culture from 1996 to 2004 .
she was the party secretary of the social democrats 2004-2009 .
on 30 september 2008 it was revealed that ulvskog would be the number one candidate for the social democrats in the 2009 elections for the eu parliament , although she during the 90 's was involved in the critical debate on eu .
she was elected with the strong support of personal votes and now serves as a member of the european parliament .
she is the vice president of the progressive alliance of socialists and democrats at the european parliament .
