Karl ''Tomas'' Eneroth (born 4 December 1966) is a Swedish

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

of the

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who was Minister for Infrastructure from 2017 to 2022. He was previously Leader of the

in the

Swedish Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making body of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral legislature with 349 members (), elected proportionally and s ...

from 2014 to 2017. He has been

Member of the Riksdag Members of Parliament (Swedish: ''riksdagsledamöter'', singular: ''riksdagsledamot'') in Sweden sit in the Riksdag. Description ''Members of Parliament'' refers to the elected members of the Riksdag. In Swedish, an MP is usually referred to a ...

since 1994, representing

Kronoberg County Kronoberg County (; sv, Kronobergs län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is ...

. He is the President by age in the Riksdag since 18 October 2022. From 2010 to 2014, he served as deputy leader of the

Committee on Social Insurance (Parliamentary) Committee on Social Insurance ( sv, socialförsäkringsutskottet) (SfU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's areas of responsibility concern health insurance, pensions, policies on families, asyl ...

. He has previously been leader of the same committee, as well as leader of the Committee on Industry and Trade. In 2011, he was mentioned as a possible candidate to replace

Håkan Juholt Håkan Juholt (born 16 September 1962) is a Swedish politician who was Leader of the Social Democrats from 2011 to 2012. He was member of the Swedish parliament from 1994 to 2016, representing Kalmar län. Juholt served as Sweden's Ambassador ...

as leader of the party.Mats Knutson (16 February 2011)
SVT:s Mats Knutson erfar: Eneroth favorit i S-valet
Sveriges Television, retrieved 18 July 2013

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