Minister for International Development Cooperation (Sweden)

Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden
Incumbent Isabella Lövin since 3 October 2014
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit
Formation	4 June 1958
First holder	Ulla Lindström
Salary	1,452,000 SEK (annually)
Website	www.sweden.gov.se

The Minister for International Development Cooperation is the cabinet minister in the Swedish Government responsible for foreign aid and global development. The cabinet minister is, like the rest of the Swedish Government, nominated and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden who in turn is appointed by the Swedish Riksdag. The cabinet minister belongs to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The position was established in 1954 and the first officeholder was Ulla Lindström. Lindström is also the person who has served in this capacity during the longest time, 12 years. The current cabinet minister to hold the office is Isabella Lövin, appointed on 3 October 2014.

List of Ministers

№		Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Prime Minister
1		Ulla Lindström (1909–1999)	4 June 1954	31 December 1966	12 years, 210 days	Social Democratic	Tage Erlander (S)
2		Gertrud Sigurdsen (born 1923)	3 November 1973	8 October 1976	2 years, 340 days	Social Democratic	Olof Palme (S)
3		Ola Ullsten (born 1931)	8 October 1976	18 October 1978	2 years, 10 days	Liberal People's	Thorbjörn Fälldin (C)
4		Lena Hjelm-Wallén (born 1943)	17 October 1985	4 October 1991	5 years, 352 days	Social Democratic	Olof Palme (S) (1985 – 1986) Ingvar Carlsson (S) (1986 – 1991)
5		Alf Svensson (born 1938)	4 October 1991	7 October 1994	3 years, 3 days	Christian Democrats	Carl Bildt (M)
6		Pierre Schori (born 1938)	7 October 1994	11 June 1999	4 years, 247 days	Social Democratic	Ingvar Carlsson (S) (1994 – 1966) Göran Persson (S) (1996 – 1999)
7		Maj-Inger Klingvall (born 1946)	14 September 1999	16 November 2001	2 years, 63 days	Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
8		Jan O. Karlsson (born 1939)	7 January 2002	9 October 2003	1 year, 275 days	Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
9		Carin Jämtin (born 1964)	10 October 2003	6 October 2006	2 years, 361 days	Social Democratic	Göran Persson (S)
10		Gunilla Carlsson (born 1963)	6 October 2006	17 September 2013	6 years, 346 days	Moderate	Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)
11		Hillevi Engström (born 1963)	17 September 2013	3 October 2014	1 year, 16 days	Moderate	Fredrik Reinfeldt (M)
12		Isabella Lövin (born 1963)	3 October 2013	Incumbent	1 year, 72 days	Green	Stefan Löfven (S)