Albert H. Montpelier

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The Right Honourable
Albert H. Montpelier
MP
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Secretary of State for Federal Affairs & Communities
Assumed office
19 October 2019
Preceded byClas Markussen
Secretary of State for Business & Industrial Strategy
In office
11 May 2015 – 17 August 2018
Preceded bySanna Rydberg
Succeeded byAllan Lundgren
Deputy Leader of the Green Party
In office
6 July 1995 – 1 December 2016
Serving with Helga Ståhlbrand (1995-1997)
Jane Jakobsson (1997-2010)
Niamh Cooper (2010-2016)
LeaderRune Nyström
Preceded byNone, office created
Succeeded byClas Markussen
Chair of the Public Accounts Committee
In office
28 May 2000 – 10 May 2005
Preceded byJohan Olsson
Succeeded byJakub Askildsen
Member of Parliament for
Västmanland (List)
Assumed office
4 May 2000
Member of Parliament for
Västerås Central
In office
27 June 1996 – 4 May 2000
Preceded byMikael Lofven
Succeeded byMikael Lofven
Personal details
Born (1954-03-25) 25 March 1954 (age 70)
Sainte-Colette, Vannois
NationalityOrdennyan
Vannoisian
Political partyGreen (1990 - present)
Other political
affiliations
Conservative (before 1990)
Spouse
Kirsten Montpelier (m. 1985)
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Verlois

Albert H. Montpelier (born 25 March 1954) is a Vannoisian-Ordennyan politician and businessman, currently serving as Secretary of State for Federal Affairs & Communities. He previously served as Deputy Leader of the Green Party for 21 years between 1995 and 2016, resigning to contest the party leadership, but finished third to Niamh Cooper. Previously a municipal councillor for the Conservative Party, he is regarded as the main figure of the centre to centre-right Green conservatism current within the Ordennyan Green Party.