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 Defence, the War Delegation, the Riksdag delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and deputy member of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs. He is also the head of the Swedish delegation to the OSCE. 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, defence, 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.