Boriana Åberg | |
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 Boriana Åberg in September 2015 | |
| Member of theSwedish Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 6 October 2006 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1968-11-18)18 November 1968 (age 57) |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Boriana Åberg (born 18 November 1968) is aBulgarian-born Swedish politician who has been a member of theRiksdag since 2008, representing theSkåne County South constituency.
She studied to be a civil engineer in Bulgaria and moved to Sweden after the end of theCold War. After marrying and having two children, she and her husband divorced after ten years. Åberg found her Bulgarian education useless in Sweden, and as a result returned to school, graduating fromLund University with a degree in sociology and working as a social secretary.[1]
Åberg joined theModerate Party in 1998 after likingCarl Bildt's viewpoints and charisma.[1] She became a member ofKävlinge's city council and was appointed chairperson of the council in 2007. She ran for a seat on the Riksdag in 2006 and finished sixth out of 17 candidates; five Moderate candidates ended up on the Riksdag.[2]
In 2008 and 2009, Åberg served as a substitute member for two months; she ran again in 2010, winning a seat on the Riksdag, and was re-elected in 2014.[3] Currently, Åberg serves on the Traffic Committee and the Labor Market Committee.[4] She has been a past member of theTransport and Communications Committee from 2015 until 2018, she is currently a member of theTaxation Committee since 2018
In addition to her committee assignments, Åberg has been a member of the Swedish delegation to theParliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2014, which she has been chairing since 2019. In the Assembly, she has served on the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (since 2020); the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 2018); the Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 2018); the Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy (2015–2017); and the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (2014–2017).[5] She is the Assembly'sco-rapporteur (alongsideKimmo Kiljunen onArmenia.[6]
