Niklas Wykman
Niklas Wykman | |
|---|---|
 Wykman in 2022. | |
| Minister for Financial Markets | |
| Assumed office 18 October 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Ulf Kristersson |
| Preceded by | Max Elger |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2014 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1981 Kalmar,Sweden |
| Alma mater | Stockholm University |
Niklas Åke Wykman(born 10 March 1981) is aSwedishpoliticianof theModerate Party.He has served asMinister for Financial Marketsin thecabinet of Ulf Kristerssonsince October 2022[1]and has beenMember of the Riksdagsince the2014 general election,representingStockholm County.He was chairman of theModerate Youth League,the youth wing of theModerate Party,from 2006 to 2010.
Career
[edit]Wykman joined the Moderate Youth League in 1997 and was also chairman of the Moderate School Youth (Swedish:Moderat skolungdom) from 2000 to 2001. He was elected new chairman of the Moderate Youth League at its congress inSollentunaon 25 November 2006, winning over the election committee's candidateMattias Thorssonwith the votes 63–49.
Until being elected chairman of the Moderate Youth League, Wykman was a student ofmathematical statisticsatStockholm Universityand worked as a team leader at acall centre.During the 2003 referendum on Sweden adopting the Euro as their currency Wykman worked for the center-right No-campaignMedborgare mot EMU.
Controversial statements
[edit]After the boarding of the Free Gaza Movements "Freedom Flotilla"byIsraelitroops in June 2010, Niklas Wykman declared on his Facebook webpage that"I feel eased now when Hamas does not receive the visits they had expected. It is a victory for the whole ofGaza![The Swedish]Ship to Gaza are useful idiots, terrorists, and ideologically driven aiming to genocide Israel "[2][3]The statements received strong criticism from representatives from most political parties, including Swedish prime ministerFredrik Reinfeldt,who recognized the humanitarian aspects of the solidarity movement.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Sweden's new Government".Government of Sweden.18 October 2022.Archivedfrom the original on 18 October 2022.Retrieved1 November2022.
- ^"Muf-ledaren nöjd att Ship to Gaza misslyckats - Nyheter - Senaste nytt | Expressen - Nyheter Sport Ekonomi Nöje".Archived fromthe originalon 1 July 2010.Retrieved21 July2010.
- ^"MUF-ordföranden:" En seger för hela Gaza "- Valet 2010 | SVT.se".Archived fromthe originalon 5 August 2010.Retrieved21 July2010.
- ^"Reinfeldt kritisk mot MUF-ordförande".4 June 2010.