Tobias Billström
| Tobias Billström | |
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| First deputy speaker of the Riksdag | |
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Assumed office 29 September 2014 |
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| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Preceded by | Susanne Eberstein |
| Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy | |
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In office 6 October 2006 – 29 September 2014 |
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| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Barbro Holmberg |
| Succeeded by | Morgan Johansson |
| Minister for Employment | |
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In office 7 July 2010 – 5 October 2010 |
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| Monarch | Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Prime Minister | Fredrik Reinfeldt |
| Preceded by | Sven Otto Littorin |
| Succeeded by | Hillevi Engström |
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Member of the Swedish Riksdag for Malmö Municipality |
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Assumed office 30 September 2002 |
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| Personal details | |
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27 December 1973 Malmö, Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Alma mater |
Lund University University of Cambridge |
| Website | www.tobiasbillstrom.se |
Tobias Lennart Billström (born 27 December 1973 in Malmö) is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party and has been first deputy speaker of the Riksdag since 29 September 2014.
He served as Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in the Swedish Government from 2006 to 2014 and has been a Member of the Swedish Riksdag for Malmö Municipality since 2002. Although several controversial statements regarding immigration and immigrants, Billström is the longest-serving Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy in Sweden.
Billström has a Master of Philosophy in Historical Studies from the University of Cambridge and a fil. mag. in history from the University of Lund. His essays in history touched the subject areas that affected British colonial history, especially officers stationed in India and Jamaica. Billström became politically active through the Moderate Youth League. During his studies, he was active in the Confederation of Swedish Conservative and Liberal Students as chairman of Malmö Association FMS Gryphus, and sat on the board of the student union Lunds humanistkår. Tobias Billström began his studies in Lund in the Philosophy Department, where he read 20 points Scientific Basics for Victoria Höög.
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