Hillevi Engström | |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1963 |
Birth Place: | Sollentuna, Stockholm |
Office: | Minister for International Development Cooperation |
Term Start: | 17 September 2013 |
Term End: | 3 October 2014 |
Primeminister: | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
Predecessor: | Gunilla Carlsson |
Successor: | Isabella Lövin |
Office2: | Minister for Employment |
Term Start2: | 5 October 2010 |
Term End2: | 17 September 2013 |
Primeminister2: | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
Predecessor2: | Tobias Billström |
Successor2: | Elisabeth Svantesson |
Office3: | Member of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm County |
Term Start3: | 2002 |
Term End3: | 2015 |
Party: | Moderate Party |
Occupation: | Politician |
Spouse: | Patrik Kronegård |
Birth Name: | Hillevi Maria Pettersson |
Mother: | Barbro Pettersson |
Father: | Georg Pettersson |
Relatives: | Karin Hübinette (sister) |
Hillevi Maria Engström (née Pettersson; born 15 April 1963 in Sollentuna) is a Swedish former politician[1] who served as Minister for Employment from 2010 to 2013 and as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2013 to 2014. A member of the Moderate Party, she served as a Member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2015.
Prior to political engaged she worked as a police inspector and was in the year of 1995 walking delegate of the Swedish Police Union, the first woman to do so. She is the sister of the Swedish journalist and presenter Karin Hübinette.
Since 1 March 2015, Engström has served as chief director of Upplands Väsby Municipality.