The youngest person to head a Ministry in Greta Thunberg’s native Sweden, Romina Pourmokhtari, 26, was appointed as the Climate MinisterThe youngest person to head a Ministry in Greta Thunberg’s native Sweden, Romina Pourmokhtari, 26, was appointed as the Climate Minister. by the country’s new administration on Tuesday.
Newly elected Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who heads a right-wing coalition supported by the far-right Sweden Democrats, made the nomination among the Cabinet Members.
Romina Pourmokhtari, 26, who was previously in charge of the Liberal Party’s youth section, is not well known for her stance on the environment.
The young minister has previously been a vocal opponent of Kristersson’s decision to bring his party closer to the Sweden Democrats (SD).
“Ulf Kristersson without SD – Absolutely. Ulf Kristersson with SD – No thanks,” she wrote in a post on Twitter in 2020.
The young woman, who was born in a Stockholm suburb to an Iranian family, took over the climate and environment portfolio and broke the previous record for the youngest minister, which stood at 27 years old.
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Teen climate activist Thunberg, whose vast global campaign involving millions of adolescents has triggered a torrent of debate on the dangers of climate change, is also a native of Sweden.
The coalition government for Sweden was announced on Friday after Kristersson reached an agreement with his coalition partners and the nationalist and anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. The Sweden Democrats agreed to support the government in exchange for commitments to certain policies, particularly those relating to crime and immigration.
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