Mikael Odenberg - CV

Personal

Born 1953, married to Catherine with four children, lives in Stockholm

Positions and assignments

2006-
Minister for Defence

2003-2006
Leader of the Moderate Party parliamentary group
Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Finance
Member of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs
Member of the Riksdag Board
Member of the Parliamentary Review Commission

2003-
Member of the War Delegation

2002-2003
Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Industry and Trade

1998-2002
Member of the Committee on Labour Market and Committee on EU Affairs

1994-1998
Member of the Committee on Industry and Trade

1991-1994
Member of the Committee on Housing

1988-1991
Leader of the Moderate Party's group on healthcare matters in Stockholm County Council

1987, 1990, 1991-2006
Member of the Riksdag

1985-2004
Self-employed

1979-1985
Deputy Secretary to the Stockholm City Commissioner (real estate, town-planning and highways departments) and Secretary to the Moderate City Council Group

1978
Secretary, Moderate Youth (MUF)

1972-1973
Local government ombudsman, Swedish Young Conservatives and the Moderate Party in Nacka

Education

1994
National Defence College, management course

1976
Reserve Officer Training 1976, Major (res.) in the Swedish Marines

1976-1978
Studies in Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics

1975-1976
Studies in Economics at Stockholm University

1972
Östra Real Upper Secondary School, Stockholm, Natural Science Programme

Other assignments

Mikael Odenberg has held a number of elected offices at central and local government level. He has also served on the Board of various organisations, including the Central "People and Defence" Federation between 1979-1984.