Committee on Justice

(Parliamentary) Committee on Justice[1] (Swedish: justitieutskottet) (JuU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility concern Judiciary policies on various different authorities, among other things, the courts, Prosecution Authority, the Police Authorities, the Prison and Probation Service, along with matters that concern the criminal code, the Code of Judicial Procedure, and laws that replace or are closely related to regulations that concern these areas.

Committees in the Riksdag
List of Committees:
Politics of Sweden

Since 2022, the chairman of the committee is Richard Jomshof of the Sweden Democrats and the deputy chairman of the committee is Ardalan Shekarabi of the Social Democrats.

List of speakers for the committee
Name Period Political party
 Bertil Lidgard1977-1984Moderate Party
 Karin Ahrland1985–1989People's Party
 Britta Bjelle1989–1994People's Party
 Gun Hellsvik1994–2001Moderate Party
 Fredrik Reinfeldt2001–2002Moderate Party
 Johan Pehrson2002–2006Liberal People's Party
 Thomas Bodström2006–2010Social Democratic Party
 Morgan Johansson2010–2014Social Democratic Party
 Beatrice Ask2014–2017Moderate Party
 Tomas Tobé2017–2018Moderate Party
 Fredrik Lundh Sammeli[2][3]2018–2022Social Democratic Party
 Richard Jomshof2022–Sweden Democrats

List of vice-speakers for the committee
Name Period Political party
 Morgan Johansson2002Social Democratic Party
 Susanne Eberstein2002–2004Social Democratic Party
 Britta Lejon2004–2006Social Democratic Party
 Inger Davidsson2006–2010Christian Democrats
 Johan Linander2010–2014Centre Party
 Annika Hirvonen Falk2014–2015Green Party
 Mats Pertoft2015–2016Green Party
 Annika Hirvonen Falk2016–2018Green Party
 Andreas Carlson[4][5]2018–2022Christian Democrats
 Petter Löberg2022Social Democratic Party
 Ardalan Shekarabi2022–Social Democratic Party

References
  1. Utrikes namnbok. [Elektronisk resurs] : svenska myndigheter, organisationer, titlar, EU- och EG-organ, EU-titlar och länder på engelska, tyska, franska, spanska, finska och ryska (PDF) (in Swedish) (9th, rev. ed.). Stockholm: Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet. 2013. p. 18. SELIBR 14986186.
  2. Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna Archived 2018-09-28
  3. Fredrik Lundh Sammeli (S) riksdagen.se
  4. Trots sjukdomen - KD-politiker får toppost 2018-09-28
  5. Andreas Carlson (KD) riksdagen.se
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