Ulla Margareta Charlotte Cederschiöld (born 28 September 1944 in Gävle

Gävle

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) is a Swedish

Sweden

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 politician

Politician

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 and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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. She is a member of the Moderate Party

Moderate Party

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, part of the European People's Party - European Democrats group.

She sits on the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. She is also a substitute for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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, a member of the Delegation for relations with Russia

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 and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the United States

United States

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.

She has been married to Carl Cederschiöld

Carl Cederschiöld

Carl Cederschiöld is a Swedish former Moderate Party politician.He was an active member of the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students and was chairman between 1972 and 1973. He was elected to Stockholm City Council in 1976. With the Moderate election victory in 1991,...

 since 1972, with whom she has two children Sebastian (1974) and Anna (1981).

She is a signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism

Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism

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.

Education

• 1970: Academic degree
  Academic degree
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   in political science, law, history and German - Stockholm University
• Information manager, Swedish Institute and City of Stockholm Development and Promotion Office (SML)

Career

• Member Moderate Party executive 1990-1995

• Member Stockholm County Authority 1979-1988
• Member of Parliament (Riksdag) 1988-1995
• First vice-chair European Union of Women 1993-1999
• MEP 1995-
• Substitute to the Institutional Committee 1995-1999
• Vice-president European Parliament, bureau member and chairwoman of the Conciliation Committee 2001-2004
• Member of The Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs 1999-2004
• Substitute to The Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market 1999-2004
• Member of The Delegation for relations with the United States 1999-2004
• Member of the Convention for Fundamental Rights (1999–2000)
• Member of The Mercosur Delegation 2004-2007
• Vice-chair of The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee 2004-2006
• Member of The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee 2007
• Substitute to The Delegation for Relations with the United States 2004-
• Member of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee 1995-2006
• Substitute to the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee 2006
• Member of the Russia Delegation 2007
• Member of the Echelon committee

• Rapporteur on the following reports:

Attacks against information systems and communication networks, protection against counterfeiting the Euro, fight against drugs, organised crime, police co-operation in relation to synthetic drugs, intellectual property (The WIPO Treaties) and the development of the third pillar during the Intergovernmental Conference 1996-97. Fundamental rights, enhanced corporation, competition, crime prevention, shadow rapporteur on health in the single market, many reports on openness and transparency as well as data protection.

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Sweden)

European Parliament election, 2004 (Sweden)

The European Parliament election of 2004 in Sweden was the election of MEP representing Sweden constituency for the 2004-2009 term of the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2004 European election. The vote took place on June 13...

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