Anders Ivar Sven Wijkman (born 30 September 1944 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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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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. As a member of the European Parliament, he focusses on issues related to climate change, environment, development cooperation and humanitarian affairs.
He is a member of the Christian Democrats

Christian Democrats (Sweden)

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

He sits on the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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. He is also a substitute for the Committee on Development

Committee on Development

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, a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

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, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the United States

United States

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Anders has been a member of the Swedish parliament, secretary general of the Swedish Red Cross, and president of the International Red Cross Disaster Relief Commission.
Anders is vice President of Club of Rome

Club of Rome

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 and the Tällberg Foundation. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
He is also a councillor for the World Future Council

World Future Council

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Career

• University degree (1967)
• Secretary-General of the Swedish Red Cross (1979-1988) and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (1989-1991)
• Director-General of the Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (1992-1994)
• Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (since 1998)
• Member of the Swedish Parliament
  Parliament of Sweden
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   (1971-1978)
• Vice-Chairman of Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-2004)
• Assistant Secretary-General of united Nations and Policy Director of UNDP (1995-1997)
• Member of the Club of Rome
  Club of Rome
  The Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. Founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, the CoR describes itself as "a group of world citizens, sharing a common concern for the future of humanity." It consists of current and...
  
  
• Member of International Factor 10 Club
• Member of the International Academy of Arts and Science
• Member of the Board of Lead International
• Member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Royal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Sweden
• Chairman of the board of the National Museum of Natural History
• Chairman of the Board of the ZERI Foundation
• Member of the European Parliament since 1999

External links

• European Parliament biography