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Gabriel Wikström | |
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| Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports | |
| In office 3 October 2014 – 27 July 2017 | |
| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Stefan Löfven |
| Preceded by | Göran Hägglund |
| Succeeded by | Annika Strandhäll (asMinister for Social Affairs) |
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| Born | (1985-02-21)21 February 1985 (age 40) |
| Political party | Social Democrats |
Per JohanGabriel Wikström (born 21 February 1985) is aSwedishpolitician of theSocial Democrats. He served asMinister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports in theSwedish Government from 2014 to 2017. On 5 May 2017, Wikström announced he would be on sick leave due to symptoms related toburnout.Annika Strandhäll served actingMinister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports during his sick leave,[1] and on 27 July 2017 he resigned from his position.
Wikström started his career in theSwedish Social Democratic Youth League inVästmanland County in 2006. He was a member of the national executive board of theyouth league from 2007 to 2011 and national chairman[2] from 2011 until being appointedcabinet minister in 2014.
Asnational chairman, Wikström confronted theSocial Democrats leadership by pushing a proposal of a 90-day warranty for young unemployed people through theSocial Democrats Congress in 2013.[3] The proposal was rejected by the party leadership, but gained hearing by the Congress delegates and is now one of theLöfven cabinet's key reforms since taking office in 2014, although it has not been implemented or announced yet (as of August 2016).
In March 2017, Wikström participated in the first ever gathering of theParty of European Socialists’ health ministers, chaired byJevgeni Ossinovski.[4]
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| Preceded by | Chairperson of the Social Democratic Youth League 2011–2014 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports 2014–2017 | Succeeded by |
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