- Anders Borg
Infobox_Politician
name = Anders Borg
caption =
birth_date = birth date and age|1968|1|11
birth_place =Stockholm ,Sweden
office = Minister for Finance
term_start =6 October 2006
term_end =
predecessor =Pär Nuder
successor =
constituency =
alma_mater =Uppsala University Stockholm University
party =Moderate Party
occupation =Economist ,politician
majority =
footnotes =Anders Erik Borg (born
11 January 1968 ) is a Swedisheconomist andpolitician , currently serving as Minister for Finance in the Swedish government. He is a member of theModerate Party .Youth and education
Anders Borg was born in
Stockholm but grew up inNorrköping ,Östergötland County . He became a member of theModerate Youth League in the upper secondary school in Norrköping. From 1988 to 1991 he studiedpolitical science ,economic history andphilosophy atUppsala University . He received abachelor's degree in economics, studied at graduate level but never finished his doctoral thesis. He completed his postgraduate studies in economics atStockholm University from 1995 to 1997.During his period at Uppsala University, Borg was chairman of the
Uppsala Student Union as well as the conservativeHeimdal Association ( _sv. Föreningen Heimdal). From 1990 to 1991 he was vice chairman of theConfederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students ( _sv. Fria moderata studentförbundet). In his youth, Borg was a libertarian and advocate of drug legalization. [cite news|first=Johan|last=Hakelius|title=Räkna med Borg|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/val2006/story/0,2789,799677,00.html|publisher=Aftonbladet |language=Swedish|date=2006-03-27|accessdate=2007-07-30] He has admitted to smoking cannabis in his youth. [cite news|first=Anette|last=Holmqvist|title=Borg: Jag har prövat marijuana|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyheter/story/0,2789,902503,00.html|publisher=Aftonbladet |language=Swedish|date=2006-10-07|accessdate=2007-01-25]Professional career
From 1990 to 1991 Borg was an
editorial writer for the newspaper "Svenska Dagbladet ". Following the centre-right parties' victory in the 1991 general election, Borg became a Political Adviser at the Prime Minister's Office with responsibility for coordination of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Public Administration, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Science. From 1993 to 1994 he served as a Political Adviser to Prime MinisterCarl Bildt .Following the defeat in the 1994 general election, Borg worked in the private
Bank sector. From 1995 to 1998 he worked at the company Transferator Alfred Berg as responsible for economic and political analysis. From 1998 to 1999 he was Chief Economist at ABN Amro Bank in Stockholm and from 1999 to 2001 he was Head of the Economic Analysis Department atSkandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) in Stockholm. From 2001 to 2002 he served as an Adviser on monetary policy issues to the Executive Board of theRiksbank (the Swedish central bank). He was recruited as Chief Economist of the Moderate Party in 2003 byBo Lundgren and stayed in the team of the newly elected party leaderFredrik Reinfeldt . He also served as a Member of the Board of theSwedish Labour Market Administration ( _sv. Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen) from 2005 to 2006.Following the victory in the 2006 general election, Borg was appointed Minister for Finance in the new
centre-right cabinet, led by Prime MinisterFredrik Reinfeldt , that assumed office onOctober 6 ,2006 .Borg has been recognised as the mastermind behind the new Swedish government's economical doctrine, focusing on proactive measures against
unemployment . An incremental dismantling of the social democraticwelfare state , with larger self-financing of welfare systems, lower taxes and fewer benefits are seen as the way to create new motivation to work and more business opportunites and creation of jobs. He developed these new policies in his role as chief economist in the Moderate Party.On September 5, 2007, Minister for Defence,
Mikael Odenberg resigned from Sweden's center-right government due to disagreement with Finance Minister Anders Borg regarding funds for theSwedish armed forces . [ [http://www.gmanews.tv/story/59212/Report-Swedish-defense-minister-resigns GMA NEWS.TV, Report: Swedish defense minister resigns] ]Personal life
Anders Borg is married to Susanna "Sanna" Borg (
née Ölander), with whom he has three children. He lives with his family inKatrineholm inSödermanland County .Unlike most of the Moderate Party members of the cabinet, Anders Borg is a self-described feminist. [cite news|first=Lova|last=Olsson|title=Borg går gärna mot strömmen|url=http://www.svd.se/dynamiskt/inrikes/did_14417005.asp|publisher=
Svenska Dagbladet |language=Swedish|date=2007-01-14|accessdate=2007-01-25]References
External links
* [http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/7558 Anders Borg] at the Government Offices of Sweden en icon
* [http://www.moderat.se/(S(vvk0s4rkc0vpyafbu5lfzonw))/person.aspx?webbid=1&menyid=1&personid=9 Anders Borg] at theModerate Party sv icon
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