Lena Ek
Minister for the Environment
In office 29 September 2011 – 3 October 2014
Prime Minister	Fredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded by	Andreas Carlgren
Succeeded by	Åsa Romson
Personal details
Born	(1958-01-16) 16 January 1958 (age 66) Mönsterås, Sweden
Political party	Centre Party
Spouse	Anders Ek
Children	4, including Magnus Ek
Alma mater	Lund University

Lena Ek (born 16 January 1958 in Mönsterås, Kalmar County) is a Swedish politician who served as Minister for the Environment from 2011 to 2014. She is a former Member of the European Parliament and Member of the Riksdag. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

She sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. She was also a substitute for the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Her son, Magnus Ek, was chairman of the Centre Party Youth from 2015 to 2019.

Career

• Degree in law
• University lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Lund University (1987–1994)
• District Chairwoman, Centre Party, Östergötland (1993–1995)
• Chairwoman of Centre Party women's association (1998–2000)
• Member of the Centre Party executive (since 1998)
• Member of the party's executive committee (since 2000)
• Municipal Commissioner, Valdemarsvik (1994–1998)
• County councillor and substitute member of the Östergötland County Council Executive Committee (1994–1998)
• Member of the Swedish Parliament (1998–2004)
• Centre Party's spokesman on economic policy (1998–2004)
• Member of the European Parliament (2004-2011)
• Minister for the Environment (2011– 2014)