Patrick Reslow
Patrick Reslow | |
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 Patrick Reslow's official portrait Picture: Sveriges riksdag | |
| Member of the Riksdag for Malmö Municipality constituency | |
| In office 19 September 2010 – 8 September 2018 | |
| Member of the Riksdag for Värmland County constituency | |
| Assumed office 24 September 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1970 Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden |
| Political party | Sweden Democrats (2017–present) Independent (from 17 May 2017) Moderate Party (2010–2017) |
| Alma mater | Lund University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Bert Patrick Reslow (born 28 May 1970 in Malmö) is a Swedish politician who has been a member of the Riksdag since 2010 representing the constituency of Malmö Municipality from 2010 until 2018, during the 2018 general elections he was elected to represent the constituency of Värmland County. He was first elected as an MP for the Moderate Party but defected to the Sweden Democrats in 2017. He is currently taking up seat number 45 in the Riksdag.
When Reslow first joined the Riksdag he was a member of the Justice Committee from October 2010 until September 2014. After the 2014 general election he left the Justice Committee and became a member of the Constitutioninal Committee from October 2014 until June 2017. After the 2018 general elections, he became a member of the Committee on Education in October 2018.
Early life
Reslow was born in Malmö in 1970. He went on to study at Lund University between 1990 and 1998, initially for a law degree before completing a Master's in political history.
Political career
Reslow was elected to parliament for the Moderate Party during the 2010 Swedish general election and subsequently served on the Justice Committee in the Riksdag. In 2017, Reslow announced he was joining the Sweden Democrats, citing concerns over immigration and personal opposition to the December Agreement the Moderates had made to prevent the Sweden Democrats from voting down the budget set by the Swedish Social Democratic Party as his reasons for doing so. He was re-elected to the Riksdag at the 2018 Swedish general election representing the Sweden Democrats.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ "Moderate MP defects to Sweden Democrats". Sveriges Radio. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Analysis: How significant is Moderate MP's defection to Sweden Democrats?". sverigesradio.se. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- ^ "Swedish center-right: one MP's defection reveals a strategic meltdown". New Europe. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
External links
Media related to Patrick Reslow at Wikimedia Commons
