title: Jan Andersson (politician)
text: # Jan Andersson (politician)
  
  Jan Andersson (born 17 March 1947 in Helsingborg, Scania) is a Swedish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1995. He is a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
  
  He is also a substitute for the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, a substitute for the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013, and a member of the delegation for relations with Japan.
  
  ## Career
  
  * Advanced school-leaving certificate (1967)
  * Intermediate-level teacher (1971)
  * Teacher in Helsingborg (1972–1988)
  * Member of Helsingborg municipal executive board (1982–1988)
  * Chairman of Helsingborg Social Welfare Board (1983–1985, 1990)
  * Member of the Swedish Parliament (1988–1995)
  * Member of the Helsingborg Social Democratic Party executive (1979–1990)
  * co-opted member of Skåne Social Democratic Party executive (since 1995)
  * Co-opted member of the Social Democratic Party executive committee and party executive (since 2000)
  * Member of the European Parliament since 1995
  