The Minister for Migration, (Swedish: migrationsminister), formally cabinet minister of the Ministry of Justice, is a member and minister of the Government of Sweden and is appointed by the Prime Minister. The minister is responsible for policies related to migration and asylum policies.
| Minister for Migration | |
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| Migrationsminister | |
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| Ministry of Justice | |
| Member of | The Government |
| Seat | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister |
| Term length | No fixed term serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister |
| Formation | 1996 |
| First holder | Pierre Schori |
| Website | [1] |
List of officeholders
edit| No. | Portrait | Minister (Born–Died) |
Tenure | Political party | Cabinet | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Pierre Schori (born 1938) |
22 March 1996 | 14 September 1999 | 3 years, 176 days | Social Democrats | Persson | |
| 2 | 
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Maj-Inger Klingvall (born 1946) |
14 September 1999 | 16 November 2001 | 2 years, 63 days | Social Democrats | ||
| 3 | Jan O. Karlsson (1939–2016) |
7 January 2002 | 10 October 2003 | 1 year, 276 days | Social Democrats | |||
| 4 | 
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Barbro Holmberg (born 1952) |
10 October 2003 | 6 October 2006 | 2 years, 361 days | Social Democrats | ||
| 5 | 
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Tobias Billström (born 1973) |
6 October 2006 | 3 October 2014 | 7 years, 362 days | Moderate | Reinfeldt | |
| 6 | 
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Morgan Johansson (born 1970) |
3 October 2014 | 27 July 2017 | 2 years, 297 days | Social Democrats | Löfven I | |
| 7 | Heléne Fritzon (born 1960) |
27 July 2017 | 21 January 2019 | 1 year, 178 days | Social Democrats | |||
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Morgan Johansson (born 1970) |
21 January 2019 | 30 November 2021 | 2 years, 313 days | Social Democrats | Löfven II Löfven III | |
| 8 | 
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Anders Ygeman (born 1970) |
30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | Andersson | |
| 9 | 
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Maria Malmer Stenergard (born 1981) |
18 October 2022 | 10 September 2024 | 1 year, 328 days | Moderate Party | Kristersson | |
| 10 |
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Johan Forssell (born 1979) |
10 September 2024 | 107 days | ||||
Ministry history
editThe office of Minister for Migration has been under several different ministries since its founding in 1996.
| Ministry | Term |
|---|---|
| Ministry for Foreign Affairs | 1996–2006 |
| Ministry of Justice | 2006–present |