Jakop Dalunde

{{Short description|Swedish politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jakop Dalunde | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] | image = Jakop Wikipedia (cropped).jpg | office = [[Member of the European Parliament]] | term_start = 1 February 2020 | term_end = 16 July 2024 | term_start1 = 7 June 2016 | term_end1 = 1 July 2019 | constituency1 = [[Sweden (European Parliament constituency)|Sweden]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|2|22|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = '''''{{flag|Sweden|name=Swedish}}'''''<br>[[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]]<br>'''''{{flag|EU}}'''''<br>[[European Green Party]] | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = [[Stockholm University]] | website = | caption = Jakop Dalunde in 2018 }} '''Jakop Gideon Dalunde''' (born 2 February 1984) is a Swedish politician for the [[Green Party (Sweden)|Green Party]]. Since 1 November 2025, he serves as [[Storstockholms Lokaltrafik|Chair of SL (Stockholm Public Transport)]] and [[Traffic Commissioner]] in the [[Region Stockholm|Stockholm Region]], where he also leads the Green Party group.<ref name="bussmagasinet">{{cite web|url=https://www.bussmagasinet.se/2025/11/tar-over-halva-kollektivtrafiken-2/|title=Tar över halva kollektivtrafiken|publisher=Bussmagasinet|access-date=2025-11-01}}</ref>

He previously served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) for [[Sweden (European Parliament constituency)|Sweden]] from 2016 to 2019, and regained his seat after [[Brexit]] in February 2020, serving until July 2024. He is a member of the [[European Green Party]].<ref name="europa">{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/183338/JAKOP_DALUNDE_history.html|title=Jakop DALUNDE|publisher=europarl.europa.eu|access-date=2016-08-18}}</ref>

==Political career== From 2014-2016 Dalunde served as a Member of the Swedish Parliament and defence policy spokesperson for the Green Party. From 2008–2011 he served as a spokesperson for the [[Young Greens of Sweden]].

In the European Parliament, Dalunde served on the [[Committee on Industry, Research and Energy]] from 2016 until 2019. From 2020-2024 he was a member of the [[Committee on Transport and Tourism]].

In addition to his committee assignments, Dalunde has been part of the Parliament’s delegations for [[Russia]] (2016-2017), [[Moldova]] (2016-2017) and [[India]] (since 2020). From 2017 until 2019, he was a member of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]].<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/183338/JAKOP+G._DALUNDE/home Jakop G. Dalunde] [[European Parliament]].</ref>

On 18 October 2023, Dalunde announced that he would not seek reelection as a member of the European Parliament.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=Miljöpartiets Jakop Dalunde lämnar politiken |url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/miljopartiets-jakop-dalunde-lamnar-politiken/ |access-date=2024-03-20 |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|language=sv}}</ref>

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