Isabella Lövin
Isabella Lövin | |
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Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden (honorary title) | |
| In office 25 May 2016 – 5 February 2021 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Åsa Romson |
| Succeeded by | Per Bolund |
| Minister for the Environment | |
| In office 21 January 2019 – 5 February 2021 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Karolina Skog |
| Succeeded by | Per Bolund |
| Minister for International Development Cooperation | |
| In office 17 December 2020 – 5 February 2021 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Peter Eriksson |
| Succeeded by | Per Olsson Fridh |
| In office 3 October 2014 – 21 January 2019 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Hillevi Engström |
| Succeeded by | Peter Eriksson |
| Spokesperson of the Green Party | |
| In office 13 May 2016 – 31 January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Åsa Romson |
| Succeeded by | Märta Stenevi |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Sweden |
| In office 1 July 2009 – 3 October 2014 | |
| Constituency | Sweden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 February 1963 Helsingborg, Sweden |
| Political party | Green Party |
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Isabella Lövin (born 3 February 1963) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2014 to 2019, as Minister for the Environment from 2019 to 2021 and as honorary Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden from 2016 to 2021. She led the Green Party as co-spokesperson from 2016 to 2021, sharing the task with Gustav Fridolin (2014-2019) and Per Bolund (2019-2021).
An author and journalist by profession, Lövin served as a Member of European Parliament (MEP) from the 2009 election until becoming cabinet minister in October 2014. Her area in the European Parliament was fisheries questions. Lövin has been awarded with Stora Journalistpriset for her work in the field of journalism, particularly her articles about fishery.
On 26 August 2020, Lövin announced her resignation from politics altogether. She will remain in office until a new spokesperson is appointed in 2021.