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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Alice Bah Kuhnke (Шаблон:Nee Bah; 21 December 1971) is a Swedish politician for the Green Party who is currently a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Previously she served as the Minister of Culture and Democracy From October 2014 to January 2019. Before going into politics, she was a television presenter. She also helped found the think tank Sektor3.[1][2]

She was elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden.[3]

Biography

Bah grew up in Horda in Jönköping, Sweden, the daughter of a Gambian father and a Swedish mother.Шаблон:Citation needed She attended a track-and-field-oriented high school in Växjö and was one of the country's best female sprinters in the late 1980s, with the 200-meter dash her speciality.[4][5]

Television career

Bah's television career began with SVT's "Disney Club" in 1992. Between 1998 and 1999, she had her own talk show at TV4[6] and many other television assignments, including the current-event show "Kalla fakta".[7]

On 16 January 2001, She hosted the televised music festival Artister mot nazister in Globen.[8]

Private and public sector career

Alice Bah Kuhnke was Director General for the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society 2013–2014.[9] She also worked as General Secretary for the NGO Fairtraide Sweden (Rättvisemärkt) 2004-2007[10] In September 2009, Bah took the position of manager of environmental quality and corporate social responsibility at ÅF.[11] Alongside that job, she served on the board of a small[12] internet design firm, Doberman.[13]

Political career

In 1994, Bah campaigned actively for her country to join the EU in a referendum.[14] After leaving television to study political science, she headed a philanthropic fund at the Swedish insurance company Skandia.[15]

Bah was a member of the Swedish Church synod from 2006 until 2010,[16] a member of the board of the Royal Dramatic Theater,[17] and Vice President of YMCA-YWCA Sweden.[18]

On 3 October 2014, Bah was appointed Minister of Culture and Democracy in the Löfven Cabinet.[19] In addition to her role in government, she served as the Green Party's representative at the European Green Party from 2016.

Member of the European Parliament, (2019–present)

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Alice Bah Kuhnke presenting herself in a video produced by Heinrich Böll Foundation/Green European Foundation.

In 2019, Bah stood down as minister to lead her party's list for the European elections.[14] In parliament, she has since been serving as deputy chairwoman of the Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group, under the leadership of co-chairs Philippe Lamberts (since 2019), Ska Keller (2019–2022) and Terry Reintke (since 2022).[20] She also joined the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

In addition to her committee assignments, Bah is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption,[21] the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity,[22] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights[23] and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.[24]

In January 2022, she was the Greens/EFA candidate as a new President of the European Parliament.[25] She was not elected, having garnered only 101 votes in the first round.[26]

In September 2022, Bah was the recipient of the Environment and Climate Action Award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards[27]

Personal life

In her late teens, Bah was engaged for two years to long jump Olympic finalist and World Silver Medalist Mattias Sunneborn.[28] In 1998, she married TV personality Henrik Johnsson, from whom she was divorced in 2002.[29] The following year, she married actor and singer Johannes Kuhnke,[29] with whom she has three daughters.[28]

References

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