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Minister for Democracy
Demokratiminister
Incumbent Paulina Brandberg [1] since 18 October 2022
Member of	The Government
Appointer	The Prime Minister
Term length	Serves at the pleasure of the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Britta Lejon
Formation	1998
Website	[1]

The Minister for Democracy ( Swedish: Demokratiministern) is a cabinet minister within the Swedish Government and appointed by the Prime Minister of Sweden.

The minister is responsible for issues regarding democracy.

Lists of Ministers for Democracy

№	Democracy Minister		Position	Took office	Left office	Duration	Party	Prime Minister
1		Britta Lejon (born 1964)	Deputy Minister for Justice and Minister for the Youth and Consumers	7 October 1998	15 October 2002	4 years, 8 days	Social Democrats	Göran Persson
2		Mona Sahlin (born 1957)	Deputy Minister for Justice and Minister for Integration and Gender Equality	21 October 2002	21 October 2004	2 years, 0 days	Social Democrats	Göran Persson
3		Jens Orback (born 1957)	Deputy Minister for Justice and Minister for Integration and Gender Equality	21 October 2004	6 October 2006	1 year, 350 days	Social Democrats	Göran Persson
4		Nyamko Sabuni (born 1969)	Minister for Integration and Gender Equality	6 October 2006	5 October 2010	3 years, 364 days	Liberals	Fredrik Reinfeldt
5		Birgitta Ohlsson (born 1975)	Minister for EU Affairs	5 October 2010	3 October 2014	3 years, 363 days	Liberals	Fredrik Reinfeldt
6		Alice Bah Kuhnke (born 1971)	Minister for Culture	3 October 2014	21 January 2019	4 years, 110 days	Green	Stefan Löfven
7		Amanda Lind (born 1980)	Minister for Culture	21 January 2019	30 November 2021	2 years, 313 days	Green	Stefan Löfven
8		Jeanette Gustafsdotter (born 1965)	Minister for Culture	30 November 2021	17 October 2022	5 years, 152 days	Social Democrats	Magdalena Andersson
9		Paulina Brandberg (born 1983)	Minister for Gender Equlity and Deputy Minister for Employment	18 October 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 247 days	Liberals	Ulf Kristersson

Ministry history

The office of Minister for Democracy have been under several different ministries since its founding in 1998.

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