Tobias Kjell Bertil Krantz (born 7 April 1971) is a Swedish politician of the Liberal People's Party. He served as Minister for Higher Education and Research in the Swedish government between 17 June 2009 and 5 October 2010.
Tobias Krantz | |
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| Minister for Higher Education and Research | |
| In office 17 June 2009 – 5 October 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Lars Leijonborg |
| Succeeded by | Jan Björklund |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1971 Jönköping, Sweden |
| Political party | Liberal People's Party |
| Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Education edit
Tobias Krantz grew up in Bankeryd, Jönköping Municipality, Sweden.[1][2] He earned a B.A. in politics, economics, history and French from Uppsala University in 1995.[1] From 1995 to 2002 he was a Ph.D student and lecturer in political science at Uppsala University.[1] His Ph.D. thesis, published in 2002, was titled The power over the region. A critical study of the debate about Swedish regions from 1963 to 1996.[1]
Political career edit
Krantz served as vice president of the Liberal Youth of Sweden from 1996 to 1999.[1] He also worked as an editorial writer for Upsala Nya Tidning from 1994 to 1999.[1] He was a member of the Liberal People's Party's committee on higher education from 2000 to 2001, and worked as chief analyst for the party from 2001 to 2002.[1]
Krantz has served as a Member of Parliament since the 2006 election.[1] In the parliament he was a member of the Committee on the Constitution and the War Delegation from 2002 to 2006.[1] Since 2006 he is a member of the Committee on Health and Welfare and a deputy member of the Committee on Civil Affairs, Committee on Cultural Affairs, Committee on Social Insurance and the Committee on European Union Affairs.[1] He is also a member of the board of the Liberal People's Party and a deputy member of board of Riksrevisionen.[1]
Following Lars Leijonborg's decision to step down from the Swedish government, Krantz was appointed as new Minister for Higher Education and Research on 17 June 2009.[3] Krantz left the government on 5 October 2010, following the 2010 election.
In 2016, he was appointed chairman of the Board of World Skills Sweden AB.[4]
In 2017, he was elected chairman of the Board of WaterAid Sweden.[5] Krantz is also a member of the board of this organization.[6] Krantz is also a member of the board of Örebro University 2016–2017, a member of the 2015 school commission 2015–2017 and a member of the board of the research institute Ratio 2012–2017.
Personal life edit
Tobias Krantz is married to Anna Grönlund Krantz, also a Liberal People's Party politician, with whom he has one child.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Tobias Krantz – Curriculum vitae" (PDF). Government of Sweden. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ Sveriges befolkning 1990, CD-ROM, Version 1.00, Riksarkivet (2011).
- ^ "Tobias Krantz - new Minister for Higher Education and Research" (Press release). Government of Sweden. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
- ^ "Ledning & styrelse - WorldSkills Sweden". WorldSkills Sweden (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Vår organisation | Drupal". www.wateraid.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "How we're run | WaterAid Global". www.wateraid.org. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Strandberg, Sofia (17 June 2009). "Krantz ett taktiskt val" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
External links edit
Media related to Tobias Krantz at Wikimedia Commons- Tobias Krantz at the Swedish government's website (in English)
- Tobias Krantz at the Swedish parliament's website (in English)
- Tobias Krantz at the Liberal People's Party's website (in Swedish)
- Tobias Krant, official blog
