Anton Abele
Anton Abele (born January 10,1992) became the youngest-ever Swedish MP following a successful personal election campaign in 2010. His political engagement is characterized by his involvement in the Moderate Party and perhaps more strongly by his active role in the debate on street violence. Anton founded the Stop Street Violence organisation in 2007 following a successful social media campaign[1].
Education[edit]
Anton Abele is a graduate at Stockholm School of Economics. In 2015, he is expected to join the Public Affairs team at JKL, a leading Nordic advisory firm focused on strategic communication[2].
Political Career[edit]
On October 14, 2010 Abele became the youngest Member of Parliament in Swedish history, as he was chosen to fill the spot from Abele's Moderate party colleague Anna König Jerlmyr who was named as the new Stockholm deputy mayor a few days earlier.[3]
Special Achievements[edit]
Anton Abele received the MTV peace award "Free Your Mind" at the European Music Awards gala in Munich in November 2007. The prestigious prize, has also been given to Mikhail Gorbachev, Bono, Bob Geldof, Amnesty International and Greenpeace. In January 2008, two major Swedish newspapers independently awarded Abele the "2007 Stockholmer of the Year" prize. The Swedish King H.M. Carl XVI Gustaf paid tribute to Abele's initiatives in his televised Christmas speech on December 25, 2007. In the same speech the King also said that "Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something". In May 2008, Abele and his Swedish campaign "Stop Street Violence" received the "2008 Most Important Communication Effort" award.
Anton Abele has held a number of speeches and presentations. The Council of Europe invited Anton Abele to participate in the conference "Building a Europe For and With Children-Towards a Strategy for 2009-2011" in Stockholm, and to hold the speech "Children Changing Societies" on September 8, 2008. On April 30, 2008, Abele held the traditional Spring Speech at Skansen, Stockholm. The theme for the speech was "Change". At the demonstration against street violence in October 2007, Abele gave a speech to over 10,000 people, who had gathered in Stockholm to show their disgust against violence. Anton Abele is frequently invited to speak at various events. These events most often have the escalating violence and actions against it as the topic.[4]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Anton Abele to join JKL [1], JKL News, Stockholm, Sweden, 24 September 2014. Retrieved on 01 October 2014.
- ↑ Anton Abele to join JKL [2], JKL News, Stockholm, Sweden, 24 September 2014. Retrieved on 01 October 2014.
- ↑ Anton Abele MP Career
- ↑ Anton Abele - Achievements
