Anders Wijkman
{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1944)}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2015}}
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|birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
|nationality = Swedish
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|occupation = Member of Swedish Christian Democrat Party
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Anders Ivar Sven Wijkman (born 30 September 1944) is a Swedish politician (Swedish: Kristdemokraterna, KD) who was Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009. As a member of the European Parliament, he focused on issues related to climate change, environment, development cooperation and humanitarian affairs. He is a member of the Christian Democrats, part of the European People's Party - European Democrats group.
He sat on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. He was also a substitute for the Committee on Development, a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the United States.
Anders has been a member of the Swedish parliament, secretary general of the Swedish Red Cross, and president of the International Red Cross Disaster Relief Commission. Anders Wijkman is Co-President of Club of Rome and the Tällberg Foundation, and is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web|url=https://easac.eu/programmes/environment/steering-panel-members/anders-wijkman/|title=Anders Wijkman|date=6 December 2017|website=EASAC Website}} He is also a councillor for the World Future Council.
Career
- University degree (1967)
- Secretary-General of the Swedish Red Cross (1979–1988) and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (1989–1991)
- Director-General of the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (1992–1994)
- Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (since 1998)
- Member of the Swedish Parliament (1971–1978)
- Vice-Chairman of Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002–2004)
- Assistant Secretary-General of United Nations and Policy Director of UNDP (1995–1997)
- Member of the Club of Rome
- Member of International Factor 10 Club
- Member of the World Academy of Art and Science
- Member of the Board of Lead International
- Member of the Board of the World Resources Forum
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Member of the Royal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Sweden
- Chairman of the board of the National Museum of Natural History
- Chairman of the board of the ZERI Foundation
- Member of the European Parliament (1999–2009)
- Chair of the Governing Board of Climate-KIC since 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.climate-kic.org/news/association-climate-kic-announces-anders-wijkman-new-chair-governing-board/|title=Association Climate-KIC announces Anders Wijkman as new Chair of the Governing Board|website=Climate-KIC}}
- Member of the board of Think-thank Tankesmedjan Global Utmaning
References
External links
- [http://www.wijkman.se/ Official website]
- [http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=4276 European Parliament biography]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}
- {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|4276_07-09-2004.PDF|sv}}
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Category:Christian Democrats (Sweden) politicians
Category:Christian Democrats (Sweden) MEPs
Category:MEPs for Sweden 2004–2009
Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry
Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Category:Members of the Riksdag 1970–1973
Category:Members of the Riksdag 1974–1976
Category:Members of the Riksdag 1976–1979
Category:Members of the Riksdag from the Christian Democrats (Sweden)
Category:Politicians from Stockholm
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