Markus Wiechel
Markus Wiechel | |
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![]() Wiechel in front of the Lejonbacken of the Stockholm Palace | |
Member of the Riksdag | |
Assumed office 3 December 2012 | |
Leader | Jimmie Åkesson |
Preceded by | Lars Isovaara |
Constituency | Västra Götaland North |
Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs | |
Assumed office 27 September 2016 | |
Deputy of the Committee on the Labour Market | |
Assumed office 14 October 2014 | |
Deputy of the Committee on Civil Affairs | |
Assumed office 14 October 2014 | |
Deputy of the Committee on European Union Affairs | |
Assumed office 3 November 2015 | |
Delegate of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe | |
Assumed office 5 April 2016 | |
Deputy of the Committee on Social Insurance | |
In office 11 October 2016 – 14 November 2017 | |
Member of the Committee on Social Insurance | |
In office 07 October 2014 – 27 September 2016 | |
Member of the Committee on Civil Affairs | |
In office 22 February 2013 – 29 September 2014 | |
Deputy of the Committee on Justice | |
In office 22 February 2013 – 29 September 2014 | |
Delegate of Nordic Council | |
In office 17 September 2013 – 15 June 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gustaf Markus Wiechel 15 April 1988 Linköping, Sweden |
Nationality | ![]() |
Political party | Sweden Democrats (2007–present) |
Alma mater | Linköping University |
Profession | Politician |
Awards | ![]() |
Markus Wiechel (born 15 April 1988) is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) of Sweden following the resignation of Lars Isovaara on 29 November 2012. He's currently serving as member for the Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as Deputy for the Committee on the Labour Market, the Committee on Civil Affairs, the Committee on European Union Affairs as well as the Swedish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
He's previously served as Member for the Committee on Social Insurance, the Committee on Justice as well as the Swedish delegation to the Nordic Council.
Early life[]
Markus Wiechel graduated from Hickman High School (Columbia, Missouri) in 2007[1] and moved to his native Sweden to study Social Services at the University of Linköping but later graduated in Political Science.
Political life[]
Wiechel joined the Sweden Democrats shortly after moving back to Sweden and became the chairman of the Sweden Democrats in the city of Norrköping in 2009. A few months later he became the chairman for the Sweden Democrats regional board in Östergötland.
In the elections of 2010 he became a Member of Norrköping City Council as well as a Deputy of Swedish Parliament (Riksdag). Between 2010 and 2013 he worked as a Political Secretary and City Council Group Leader for the local Parliamentary group.[2][3][4][5]
He left the local board in 2012 as well as the regional board in 2015 but has been a member of the national board of the Sweden Democrats since 2011.[6] As of September 2013, he is a columnist in the party newspaper SD-Kuriren. Following the resignation of Lars Isovaara on 29 November 2012, Wiechel assumed office as a regular member of parliament. Since he was a member of the committee on Civil Affairs, he became the spokesperson for housing policies, civil rights and consumer rights. Wiechel was also, between 2013-2014, a member of the Nordic Council.[7]
In the 2014 elections to the European Parliament he ran as the 8th candidate of the Sweden Democrats but the party received two out of 20 seats. Wiechel got once again elected as a member of Norrköping City Council as well as a member of the Swedish Parliament. As of the fall of 2014 he is a member of the committee on Social Insurance and the Sweden Democrats spokesperson for migration and citizenship. Wiechel is also a member of the Swedish delegation to the Council of Europe since 2016, where he is a member of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, and an alternate member of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons.[8]
On 17 July 2021 Wiechel was awarded the Medal of Honour of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia presented by the Armenian ambassador to Sweden Alexander Arzoumanian. Wiechel was awarded the medal for his work on diplomatic relations between Armenia and Sweden. Also receiving medals a medal were fellow MPs Björn Söder and as well as Martin Brozek, the International advisor of the Riksdag. Söder received the Mkhitar Gosh Medal while Karapet and Brozek received the same medal as Wiechel.[9][10]
Distinctions[]
Medal of Honour of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, (Armenia).
References[]
- ^ http://www.kewpie.net/Class07/2007Grats.html
- ^ http://www.val.se/val/val2010/slutresultat/protokoll/protokoll_00R.pdf
- ^ http://markuswiechel.wordpress.com/about/
- ^ http://norrkoping.sverigedemokraterna.se/category/vara_foretradare/
- ^ http://ostergotland.sverigedemokraterna.se/category/vara_foretradare/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2012-09-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.riksdagen.se/en/Members-and-parties/Members/Ledamoter/Wiechel-Markus-0204240926023/?hist=true
- ^ http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/AssemblyList/MP-Details-EN.asp?MemberID=7597
- ^ "Djupt hedrad..." (Tweet). twitter.com (in Swedish). Stockholm. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Ստոկհոլմում..." facebook.com (in Armenian and Swedish). Stockholm: Embassy of Armenia in Stockholm. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
External pages[]
- Markus Wiechel Parliament of Sweden
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Linköping Municipality
- Sweden Democrats politicians
- Members of the Riksdag
- Members of the lower house of the Riksdag
- Swedish bloggers
- Linköping University alumni
- Hickman High School alumni