Lena Ek

Lena Ek
Minister for the Environment
In office
29 September 2011 – 3 October 2014
Prime MinisterFredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded byAndreas Carlgren
Succeeded byÅsa Romson
Personal details
Born (1958-01-16) 16 January 1958
PartyCentre Party
SpouseAnders Ek
Children4, including Magnus Ek
Alma materLund University
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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.

After leaving parliament in 2015, Ek was appointed as the government coordinator for the European Spallation Source.