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Lars Leijonborg

Lars Leijonborg
Lars Leijonborg during the session of the Nordic Council in Oslo, Norway in October 2003
Minister for Higher Education and Research
In office
12 September 2007 – 17 June 2009
Prime MinisterFredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byTobias Krantz
Minister for Education
In office
6 October 2006 – 12 September 2007
Prime MinisterFredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded byLeif Pagrotsky
Succeeded byJan Björklund
Leader of the Liberal People's Party
In office
15 March 1997 – 7 September 2007
Preceded byMaria Leissner
Succeeded byJan Björklund
Personal details
Born (1949-11-21) 21 November 1949 (age 75)
Täby, Sweden
Political partyLiberal People's Party

Lars Erik Ansgar Leijonborg (born 21 November 1949)[citation needed] is a Swedish politician, Minister for Higher Education and Research 2006-2009 and Head of the Ministry of Education and Research 2006–2007. During a ten-year period from 1997 to 2007, he served as chairman of the Liberal People's Party (Swedish: Folkpartiet liberalerna).

He announced on 11 June 2009 that he would be leaving the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt as soon as a successor was appointed. He was replaced by Tobias Krantz on 17 June 2009.


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