Anders Åkesson

Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden

Anders Åkesson C
Åkesson in April 2019

Member of the Swedish Parliament for Kalmar County
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 October 2006

Personal details
Born	(1958-11-28) 28 November 1958 (age 65)
Political party	Center Party
Parents	Åke Johansson^[1] Ulla-Britt Johansson (née Karlsson)
Alma mater	Linnaeus University
Profession	Politician, teacher

Anders Ingemar Åkesson, (born 28 November 1958) is a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag for the Center Party since 2006. He is currently taking up seat number 11 for the constituency of Kalmar County.

Åkesson has been a headteacher for Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan [sv].^[2] From 2004 until 2006 he was a spokesperson in the Regional Association of Kalmar County.

As a newly elected member of parliament, he became a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs in 2006 and an alternate for the Committee on Foreign Affairs. After the 2010 general election he left both committees to join the Committee on Transport and Communications and the War Delegation along with becoming an alternate for the election committee (Valberedning [sv]).^[1]

On 9 July 2015, Åkesson received attention from mass media after his driver's license had been revoked after multiple incidents of him speeding.^[3] After the 2018 general election Åkesson became the vice-Speaker for the Committee on Transport and Communications succeeding Jessica Rosencrantz.

References

^ ^a ^b "Anders Åkesson (C)". riksdagen.se. Swedish parliament. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "V knep utskottets ordförandepost". transportnytt.se. 3 October 2018. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "Trafiklagstiftare bryter mot hastighetsbestämmelserna". teknikensvarld.se. 9 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.