Fredrik Reinfeldt

Who is Fredrik Reinfeldt?

John Fredrik Reinfeldt is the Prime Minister of Sweden, incumbent since 2006. He has been chairman of the liberal conservative Moderate Party since 2003 and was the last rotating President of the European Council in 2009.

A native of Stockholm County, Reinfeldt joined the Moderate Youth League in 1983, and by 1992 had risen to the rank of chairman, a position he held until 1995. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1991, representing his home constituency. Reinfeldt was elected party leader on 25 October 2003, succeeding Bo Lundgren. Under his leadership, the Moderate Party has transformed its policies and oriented itself towards the centre, branding itself "the New Moderates".

Following the 2006 general election, Reinfeldt was elected Prime Minister on 6 October. Together with the three other political parties in the centre-right Alliance for Sweden, Reinfeldt presides over a coalition government with the support of a narrow majority in the parliament. At the age of 41, he was the third youngest person to become Prime Minister of Sweden.

Reinfeldt's first term in office was marked by the late-2000s financial crisis and recession.