Tobias Krantz Explained

Tobias Krantz
Birth Date:7 April 1971
Birth Place:Jönköping, Sweden
Office:Minister for Higher Education and Research
Term Start:17 June 2009
Term End:5 October 2010
Primeminister:Fredrik Reinfeldt
Predecessor:Lars Leijonborg
Successor:Jan Björklund
Party:Liberal People's Party
Alma Mater:Uppsala University

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.

Education

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

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

Tobias Krantz is married to Anna Grönlund Krantz, also a Liberal People's Party politician, with whom he has one child.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tobias Krantz – Curriculum vitae . . 17 June 2009 . 2009-06-18.
  2. Sveriges befolkning 1990, CD-ROM, Version 1.00, Riksarkivet (2011).
  3. Tobias Krantz - new Minister for Higher Education and Research . . 17 June 2009 . 2009-06-18.
  4. News: Ledning & styrelse - WorldSkills Sweden . WorldSkills Sweden . 2018-01-11 . sv-SE.
  5. Web site: Vår organisation Drupal. www.wateraid.org. 2018-01-11. sv.
  6. Web site: How we're run WaterAid Global. www.wateraid.org. 2018-01-11. en.
  7. News: Sofia . Strandberg . Krantz ett taktiskt val . . Swedish . 17 June 2009 . 2009-06-18.