Lars Leijonborg - CV
Minister for Higher Education and Research
The Liberal Party
Areas of responsibility
- Higher education
- Research
- Study financing
Personal
Born on 21 November 1949 in Solna, Stockholm
Education/Degree
1974
BSc in Social Work.
Appointments
2007-
Minister for Higher Education and Research
2006-2007
Minister for Education and Research
1997-2007
Party Leader of the Liberal Party
1991
Group leader of the Liberal Party Group in the
Riksdag
1990
Second Vice President of the Liberal Party
1985
Elected to the Riksdag for the Stockholm county
constituency
1984-1990
Director of Svenska Managementgruppen AB
1983-1984
Chief Editor of the magazine NU
1980-1983
Secretary-General of the Liberal Party
1978-1980
Head of the Liberal Party Secretariat in the Riksdag
1978
Political adviser, Ministry of Education and Science
1978
Information Officer at the Ministry of Labour
1976-1978
Information officer at the Ministry of Education and
Science
1976
Secretary, Office of the Liberal Party Chairman
1973-1975
Secretary of the Stockholm County Council Administrative
Committee
1971
Chair of Liberal Youth of Sweden
Other assignments
Various assignments over the period 1979-2006, including membership of:
- Riksdag Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs
- Riksdag Committee on Finance
- Executive Committee of the Liberal Party Group in the Riksdag
- War Delegation
- Riksdag
- Swedish delegation to the Nordic Council
- Speaker's Conference
- Riksdag Committee on the Constitution
- Committee on European Union Affairs
- General Council of the Riksbank
- Riksdag Committee on Education
