Björn Söder has been a member of the Riksdag for the Sweden Democrats since September 2010. He is currently a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the War Delegation, the Swedish delegation to the OSCE and the Riksdag delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Björn Söder was the Secretary-General of the Sweden Democrats 2005-2015 and has previously been party group leader 2010-2014 and Second Deputy Speaker 2014-2018. Between 2006 and 2010, Björn Söder served as group leader for the Skåne Regional Council and a member of Helsingborg Municipal Council. He has been a member of the Sweden Democrats’ Executive Committee between 2001 and 2015 and is a member of the National Board since 2001. Furthermore, he has been a member of the Police Board in Skåne. Since the election 2014 he has been member of Kristianstad Municipal Council. Björn Söder has a special interest in security, foreign policy and migration policy and has worked with these issues with strong commitment in the Riksdag. Before becoming a member of the Riksdag, Björn Söder worked in the food industry, among other things on a project at Skånemejerier (Skåne dairies) to review and develop control programmes and as a technical management assistant at Unilever. Björn Söder has a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Lund Technical University. He completed his national military service as a ranger with the rank of second lieutenant. Björn Söder was born in Helsingborg and lives in Kristianstad with his two children.