Ibrahim Baylan
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Ibrahim Baylan | |
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Swedish Riksdag | |
| In office 30 November 2021 – 28 June 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| In office 6 October 2006 – 3 October 2014 | |
| Constituency | Västerbotten County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 March 1972 Social Democratic Party |
Ibrahim Baylan (born 15 March 1972) is a
He has been a
Early life and career
Ibrahim Baylan was born in Salah, a village in the
He studied economics at Umeå University and was engaged in student politics. In 1997 he became the chair of the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League in Umeå. The same year, he was elected chair of the Umeå Union of Students and also became a member of the municipal school board.
From 2000 Baylan worked as an ombudsman for the Swedish Union of Commercial Salaried Employees. He ran unsuccessfully on the Social Democratic ballot for the 2004 European Parliament election. Later in the same year, he was appointed to be Minister for School by Prime Minister Göran Persson, becoming the first non-European immigrant to become a member of a Swedish government cabinet. 2007 he was elected chairman of the Swedish parliamentary committee of transportation and communication. 2009 he became secretary general of the Swedish Social Democratic party. He resigned in March 2011.
As school minister he was involved in a controversy about a report from the
Baylan was appointed energy minister with placement in the Ministry of the Environment at the change of government after the parliamentary elections 2014. In June 2016, he presented an agreement between the government, Moderate Party, Centre Party and the Christian Democrats on Sweden's long-term energy policy. In a government reshuffle in 2016, Baylan was also appointed coordination minister.
In September 2021, Baylan announced that he would be stepping down as minister in the autumn. He expressed it was time to try something else.[3]
Personal life
Baylan married Anna Nilsson in Luleå in June 2006.[4] He has two children.
References
- ^ "CV Ibrahim Baylan". Government Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ http://socialdemokraternakumla.se/tidigare_nyheter/nystart_for_regeringen.htm [dead link]
- ^ "Business Minister Ibrahim Baylan to step down this autumn". Sveriges Radio. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Bilden på Baylan och hans brud". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-09-08.