Ulf Kristersson
Ulf Kristersson | |
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Kristersson in 2023 | |
| Prime Minister of Sweden | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2022 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Deputy | Ebba Busch |
| Preceded by | Magdalena Andersson |
| Leader of the Moderate Party | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
| Deputy | |
| Party Secretary | |
| Preceded by | Anna Kinberg Batra |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 1 October 2017 – 18 October 2022 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Anna Kinberg Batra |
| Succeeded by | Magdalena Andersson |
| Minister for Social Security | |
| In office 5 October 2010 – 3 October 2014 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Cristina Husmark Pehrsson |
| Succeeded by | Annika Strandhäll |
| Chairman of the Moderate Youth League | |
| In office 26 November 1988 – 24 October 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Beatrice Ask |
| Succeeded by | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2014 | |
| Constituency | Södermanland County |
| In office 5 October 1991 – 30 April 2000 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson 29 December 1963 Lund, Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Sager House |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University (Civilekonom) |
| Cabinet | Kristersson’s cabinet |
| Website | Official website |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1983–1984 |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | Uppland Regiment (signals) |
Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson ([ˈɵ̂lf ˈkrɪstɛˌʂɔn] ⓘ; born 29 December 1963) is a Swedish politician who has served as the prime minister of Sweden since 2022. He has been the leader of the Moderate Party (M) since 2017 and a member of parliament (MP) for Södermanland County since 2014, previously holding a seat for Stockholm County from 1991 to 2000. Kristersson also served as minister for social security under prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt from 2010 to 2014 and as chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 1988 to 1992.
On 11 December 2014, he was appointed shadow finance minister of the Moderate Party and economic policy spokesperson. On 1 October 2017 Kristersson was elected party leader after Anna Kinberg Batra stepped down. Under his leadership, M has opened up to the Sweden Democrats (SD) and, by late 2021, had formed an informal right-wing alliance with them and two centre-right parties of the dissolved Alliance. In the 2022 Swedish general election, that bloc, later organised under the Tidö Agreement, obtained a majority in the Riksdag, leading to Kristersson's election as prime minister on 17 October.