Tobias Kjell Bertil Krantz (born 7 April 1971) is a Swedish

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of the Liberal People's Party. He served as Minister for Higher Education and Research in the

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between 17 June 2009 and 5 October 2010.

Education

Tobias Krantz grew up in Bankeryd,

Jönköping Municipality Jönköping Municipality ( sv, Jönköpings kommun) is a municipality in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. The city of Jönköping is the municipal seat. The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern. Historical background ...

, Sweden. He earned a

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and French from

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in 1995. From 1995 to 2002 he was a Ph.D student and lecturer in

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at Uppsala University. 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''.

Political career

Krantz served as vice president of the Liberal Youth of Sweden from 1996 to 1999. He also worked as an editorial writer for ''

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'' from 1994 to 1999. He was a member of the Liberal People's Party's committee on

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from 2000 to 2001, and worked as chief analyst for the party from 2001 to 2002. Krantz has served as a

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since the

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. In the parliament he was a member of the Committee on the Constitution and the

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from 2002 to 2006. Since 2006 he is a member of the

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and a deputy member of the

Committee on Civil Affairs (Parliamentary) Committee on Civil Affairs ( sv, civilutskottet) (CU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag that was founded on October 1, 2006, with the merger of the Law Committee and the Housing Committee. The committee's are ...

Committee on Cultural Affairs (Parliamentary) Committee on Cultural Affairs ( sv, kulturutskottet, KrU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee areas of responsibility concern general cultural and educational purposes, popular education, youth ac ...

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and the Committee on European Union Affairs. He is also a member of the board of the Liberal People's Party and a deputy member of board of Riksrevisionen. Following

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's decision to step down from the

, Krantz was appointed as new Minister for Higher Education and Research on 17 June 2009. 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. In 2017, he was elected Chairman of the Board of WaterAid Sweden. Krantz is also a member of the board of this organization. Krantz is also a member of the board of

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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 Anna Grönlund Krantz (born 1971) is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician. She was a member of the Riksdag from 2002 until 2006. External linksAnna Grönlund Krantzat the Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges ...

, also a Liberal People's Party politician, with whom he has one child.

References

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