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 | Jönköping, Sweden | 7 April 1971
Political party | Liberal People's Party |
Alma mater | Uppsala University |
Tobias Kjell Bertil Krantz (born 7 April 1971)[ citation needed] 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 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]
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.
Tobias Krantz is married to Anna Grönlund Krantz, also a Liberal People's Party politician, with whom he has one child. [7]