Ibrahim Baylan

Ibrahim Baylan (born 15 March 1972) is a Swedish politician who has been Minister for Enterprise since 2019. He previously served as Minister for Energy and Minister for Policy Coordination in the Swedish Government.

Ibrahim Baylan
Ibrahim Baylan in October 2012
Minister for Enterprise
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 January 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Mikael Damberg
Minister for Policy Coordination
In office 25 May 2016 – 21 January 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister for Energy
In office 3 October 2014 – 21 January 2019
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Preceded by	Anna-Karin Hatt
Succeeded by	Anders Ygeman
Minister for Schools
In office 1 November 2004 – 6 October 2006
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Prime Minister	Göran Persson
Preceded by	Thomas Östros
Succeeded by	Jan Björklund
Member of the Swedish Riksdag for Västerbotten County
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 October 2006
Personal details
Born	15 March 1972 Mardin, Turkey
Political party	Social Democrats

He has been a member of the Swedish Riksdag since 2006, and was deputy chairman in the education committée and spokesperson of educational issues for the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2014.[1] From 2004–2006 he served as Minister for Schools.

Early life and career

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school minister he was involved in a controversy about a report from the Swedish National Agency for Education that was withdrawn after criticism from minister Baylan. He was reported to the Swedish Committee on the Constitution and called to a hearing on 12 April 2005.

References

1. "CV Ibrahim Baylan". Government Offices of Sweden. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

External links

• Riksdagen: Ibrahim Baylan (s)
• Ibrahim Baylan – www.socialdemokraterna.se