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Gabriel Wikström

Gabriel Wikström

Swedish politician

Per Johan Gabriel Wikström (born 21 February 1985) is a Swedish politician of the Social Democrats. He served as Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports in the Swedish Government from 2014 to 2017. On 5 May 2017, Wikström announced he would be on sick leave due to symptoms related to burnout. Annika Strandhäll served acting Minister for Public Health, Healthcare and Sports during his sick leave,[1] and on 27 July 2017 he resigned from his position.

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Wikström started his career in the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in Västmanland County in 2006. He was a member of the national executive board of the youth league from 2007 to 2011 and national chairman[2] from 2011 until being appointed cabinet minister in 2014.

As national chairman, Wikström confronted the Social Democrats leadership by pushing a proposal of a 90-day warranty for young unemployed people through the Social Democrats Congress in 2013.[3] The proposal was rejected by the party leadership, but gained hearing by the Congress delegates and is now one of the Löfven cabinet's key reforms since taking office in 2014, although it has not been implemented or announced yet (as of August 2016).

In March 2017, Wikström participated in the first ever gathering of the Party of European Socialists’ health ministers, chaired by Jevgeni Ossinovski.[4]

There is not much information available about Per Johan Gabriel Wikström, as he has always remained quite taciturn regarding his personal life.

References

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    Gabriel Wikström is on sick leave (in Swedish) 2017-05-05
  2. [2]
    "Gabriel Wikström elected National chairman of SSU". Archived from the original on 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
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    Löfvens smäll Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine 30 July 2013
  4. [4]
    First meeting of PES health ministers endorses child guarantee Party of European Socialists, press release of March 19, 2017.
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