Jens Orback

Jens Orback
Minister for Democracy, Metropolitan Affairs, Integration, and Gender Equality
In office 2004–2006
Personal details
Born	21 April 1959 Stockholm, Sweden
Political party	Social Democratic

Jens Olov Heinrich Orback (born 21 April 1959 in Stockholm) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. He was Minister for Democracy, Metropolitan Affairs, Integration, and Gender Equality in the Ministry of Justice in the Cabinet of Göran Persson (2004-2006).

Jens Orback graduated from Stockholm University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He was active in the Swedish Social Democratic Youth League at a local level, and worked in the Ministry of Finance in the late 1980s, before embarking on a career as a television journalist with the public service channels of Sveriges Television. In 2002, he returned to local politics in Stockholm, serving as the chair of the council of Maria-Gamla Stan borough until he became a minister on 1 November 2004.

Between 2008 and 2016 he was the Secretary General of the Olof Palme International Center,^[1][2] after which his currently works as Executive Director of the Global Challenges Foundation

References

1. "Från barnkammardiplomat till generalsekreterare" (in Swedish). OmVärlden. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
2. "Ny generalsekreterare för Palmecentret" (in Swedish). OmVärlden. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

External links

• Information page on the Swedish Government web site
• Orback becomes the Executive Director of the Global Challenges Foundation