- Ibrahim Baylan
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birth_date = 1972
birth_place =Mardin (Tur Abdin ),Turkey
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party =Swedish Social Democratic Party
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religion =Syrian Orthodox
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footnotes =Ibrahim Baylan (1972 –) is a social democratic
politician . He wasMinister for Schools in thecabinet of Göran Persson 2004-2006 and was replaced byJan Björklund of the (Liberal People's Party) following the defeat of the social democrats in theSwedish general election, 2006 . He is now a member of theRiksdag .Ibrahim Baylan is an ethnic
Syriac born in the village Salah in Tur Abdin,Turkey , belonging to theSyriac Orthodox Church . His parents left the country with him in the early 1980s. They settled inBotkyrka , a suburb ofStockholm . He studiedeconomics atUmeå University and was engaged in student politics. In 1997 he became the chair of theSwedish Social Democratic Youth League inUmeå . The same year, he was elected chair of theUmeå 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 theEuropean Parliament election, 2004 . Later the same year, he was appointed to be Minister for Schools by Prime MinisterGöran Persson becoming the first non-European immigrant to become a member of a Swedish government cabinet.As Minister for Schools 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Swedish National Agency for Education that was withdrawn after criticism from minister Baylan.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 theSwedish Committee on the Constitution and called to a hearing on 12 April 2005.External links
* [http://www.riksdagen.se/webbnav/index.aspx?nid=1111&iid=0973474532717 Riksdagen: Ibrahim Baylan (s)]
* [http://www.socialdemokraterna.se/Templates/Parliament____87215.aspx Ibrahim Baylan – www.socialdemokraterna.se]Persondata
NAME = Baylan, Ibrahim
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Swedish Politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH =Tur Abdin ,Turkey
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