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Morgan Johansson
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Johansson in 2017
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
In office
10 September 2019 – 18 October 2022
Serving with Isabella Lövin (2019–2021)
Per Bolund (2021)
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Magdalena Andersson
Preceded byMargot Wallström
Succeeded byEbba Busch
Minister for Justice
In office
3 October 2014 – 17 October 2022
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Magdalena Andersson
Preceded byBeatrice Ask
Succeeded byGunnar Strömmer
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
30 November 2021 – 17 October 2022
Prime MinisterMagdalena Andersson
Preceded byMikael Damberg
In office
27 July 2017 – 21 January 2019
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Preceded byAnders Ygeman
Succeeded byMikael Damberg
Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy
In office
21 January 2019 – 30 November 2021
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Preceded byHeléne Fritzon
Succeeded byAnders Ygeman
In office
3 October 2014 – 27 July 2017
Prime MinisterStefan Löfven
Preceded byTobias Billström
Succeeded byHeléne Fritzon
Personal details
Born
Tomas Morgan Johansson

(1970-05-14) 14 May 1970 (age 52)
Höganäs, Sweden
Political partySocial Democrats
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3.5 in)

Tomas Morgan Johansson (born 14 May 1970) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden from 2019 to 2022. He served as Minister for Justice from 2014 to 2022 and as minister for home affairs from 2021 to 2022, having previously served in that position from 2017 to 2019. He also served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2014 to 2017 and again from 2019 to 2021.[1]

Johansson was previously Minister for Public Health and Social Services in the Persson Cabinet from 2002 to 2006 and has been a Member of the Riksdag for the southern Skåne County electoral district since the 1998 elections. As a member of the opposition, he was Chairman of the Committee on Justice of the Riksdag from 2010 to 2014.

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Swedes

Swedes

Swedes are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countries, in particular Finland where they are an officially recognized minority, with a substantial diaspora in other countries, especially the United States.

Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

The deputy prime minister of Sweden is the deputy head of government of Sweden. The incumbent deputy prime minister is Ebba Busch.

Minister for Justice (Sweden)

Minister for Justice (Sweden)

The Minister for Justice is the justice minister of Sweden and head of the Ministry of Justice. The current Minister for Justice is Gunnar Strömmer of the Moderate Party.

Minister of the Interior (Sweden)

Minister of the Interior (Sweden)

The Minister of the Interior was a cabinet minister within the Swedish government and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden. From 1947 to 1974 and from 1996 to 1998, the minister headed the Ministry of the Interior.

Persson Cabinet

Persson Cabinet

Göran Persson served as Prime Minister of Sweden between 22 March 1996 and 6 October 2006. Persson took over after Ingvar Carlsson, who retired as party leader and Prime Minister. Following the 2006 general election, he and the Persson Cabinet lost power to a centre-right coalition government.

Skåne County

Skåne County

Skåne County, sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge and connects to Capital Region, Denmark by the Öresund Bridge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the city of Malmö. The headquarters of Skåne Regional Council are located in both Kristianstad and Malmö.

Career

Early career

Johansson worked as a journalist and editorial writer for the social democratic daily newspaper Arbetet Nyheterna 1994-1997 and as a political expert in the Prime Minister's Office from 1997 to 1998.

In 2010, author Christer Isaksson described Johansson as a member of the left-leaning faction of the Social Democratic Party.[2] He is also a member of the Swedish Humanist Association and has previously served on the association board.

Minister of Justice

Johansson was appointed minister of justice on 3 October 2014 in Stefan Löfven’s cabinet.

On 23 March 2015, Johansson was attacked at the Broby hospital asylum center in Broby, Östra Göinge Municipality, Skåne. A 25-year-old man charged at Johansson and sprayed him with a fire extinguisher. The attacker was quickly apprehended and Johansson was not injured in what was referred to as a premeditated assault.[3]

Johansson meeting the Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju, in New Delhi on 12 May 2016.
Johansson meeting the Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju, in New Delhi on 12 May 2016.

In November 2019, the Sweden Democrats issued a vote of no confidence at Johansson due to the escalating gang crime and the ongoing bombing campaign. The no confidence vote was supported by Moderate Party and the Christian Democrats but at 151 votes against the needed 175, did not have enough votes in the Riksdag to carry. The no confidence vote was interpreted as a signal from those three opposition parties that the government was losing control of the situation.[4]

On 26 December 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Johansson was seen shopping at Nova Lund, a small shopping mall in Lund. He was accompanied with several bodyguards. This was criticised because he violated the recommendations from the Public Health Agency of Sweden. Prime Minister Stefan Löfven condemned the act, saying it was "careless".[5]

On 12 December 2021, Johansson stated that the Stockholm police had failed in fighting crime. He also mentioned that municipalities that failed fighting crime could learn from those who successfully did so. He also specified that there were boundaries for how far the government would go when it came to legislation. He also said he didn’t want to go further with body searches and raising the limit for exclude severe criminal gang members.[6]

On 2 June 2022, the Sweden Democrats announced a motion of no confidence in Johansson due to what they perceived as inaction against criminal gangs. The motion was supported by the Moderates, Christian Democrats, and the Liberals. Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson called the motion "irresponsible" and could have "serious consequences", adding that if the motion is passed, the entire government would resign. Johansson himself stated that the opposition parties were utilising attacks on his person and argued that they did not have any better solutions to reduce the recruitment of people into criminal gangs.[7] Ultimately, the motion failed with 174 votes in favour, one short of the required 175, with independent Amineh Kakabaveh being the key vote in abstaining.[8]

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Stefan Löfven

Stefan Löfven

Kjell Stefan Löfven is a Swedish politician who has served as the President of European Socialists since October 2022. He previously served as Prime Minister of Sweden from October 2014 to November 2021 and leader of the Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2021.

Broby, Sweden

Broby, Sweden

Broby is a locality and the seat of Östra Göinge Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 3,561 inhabitants in 2020.

Kiren Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju

Kiren Rijiju is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh who serves as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice in the Government of India.

New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the Government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Sansad Bhavan, and the Supreme Court. New Delhi is a municipality within the NCT, administered by the NDMC, which covers mostly Lutyens' Delhi and a few adjacent areas. The municipal area is part of a larger administrative district, the New Delhi district.

Bombings in Sweden

Bombings in Sweden

Bombings in Sweden are attacks and sabotage using explosive devices by criminals in Sweden. The weapons used are weapons such as hand grenades and explosives intended for either civilian or military use. Legal authorities use the term allmänfarlig ödeläggelse genom sprängning and media in Sweden use the shorter term sprängdåd. This crime was not categorized separately prior to 2017. In 2018 there were 162 explosions, and in the first nine months of 2019 97 explosions were registered, usually carried out by criminal gangs. According to Swedish police commissioner Anders Thornberg in 2019, there is no international equivalent to Sweden's wave of bombings.

Moderate Party

Moderate Party

The Moderate Party, commonly referred to as the Moderates, is a liberal-conservative political party in Sweden. The party generally supports tax cuts, the free market, civil liberties and economic liberalism. Internationally, it is a full member of the International Democrat Union and the European People's Party.

Christian Democrats (Sweden)

Christian Democrats (Sweden)

The Christian Democrats is a Christian-democratic political party in Sweden founded in March 1964. It first entered parliament in 1985, through electoral cooperation with the Centre Party, and in 1991 broke through to win seats by itself. The party leader since 25 April 2015 has been Ebba Busch. She succeeded Göran Hägglund, who had been leader since 2004.

Riksdag

Riksdag

The Riksdag is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members, elected proportionally and serving, since 1994, fixed four-year terms. The 2022 Swedish general election is the most recent general election.

COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of 10 March 2023, the pandemic had caused more than 676 million cases and 6.88 million confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history.

Lund

Lund

Lund is a city in the southern Swedish province of Scania, across the Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 as of 2018. It is the seat of Lund Municipality, Scania County. The Öresund Region, which includes Lund, is home to more than 4.1 million people.

Public Health Agency of Sweden

Public Health Agency of Sweden

The Public Health Agency of Sweden is a Swedish government agency with national responsibility for public health. It falls under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs and works to promote public health and to prevent illness and injuries through education. It monitors the health of the population, infectious disease control measures, and public health interventions, and assists the Government in its decision-making process by providing facts and knowledge. The agency is tasked with minimizing negative environmental impact on human health, and participates in the work of the EU and international public health organisations, such as the WHO and IANPHI.

Motion of no confidence

Motion of no confidence

A vote of no confidence, also variously called a motion of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or management is still deemed fit to hold that position, such as because they are inadequate in some aspect, fail to carry out their obligations, or make decisions that other members feel to be detrimental. The parliamentary motion demonstrates to the head of government that the elected parliament either has or no longer has confidence in one or more members of the appointed government. In some countries, a no-confidence motion being passed against an individual minister requires the minister to resign. In most cases, if the minister in question is the premier, all other ministers must also resign.

Source: "Morgan Johansson", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, November 24th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Johansson.

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References
  1. ^ "Sweden reveals new 'feminist' cabinet". The Local.se. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  2. ^ Isaksson, Christer (2010). Den nya vän(s)tern : [åt vilket håll går socialdemokraterna?]. Stockholm: Ekerlid. ISBN 978-91-7092-146-9
  3. ^ Radio, Sveriges. "Minister attackerad på asylboende - P4 Kristianstad".
  4. ^ Hamidi-Nia, Gilda (15 November 2019). "Misstroendeomröstning i riksdagen mot justitieminister Morgan Johansson (S)" (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. ^ Hangasmaa, Karin Selåker (27 December 2020). "Morgan Johansson (S) gick på mellandagsrean – trots Löfvens skarpa uppmaning" (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Sveriges justisminister mener politiet har mislyktes" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Mistillitsforslag mot justisminister kan føre til politisk krise i Sverige" (in Norwegian). ABC Nyheter. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  8. ^ Duxbury, Charlie (7 June 2022). "Swedish government narrowly survives no-confidence vote". Politico Europe. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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