Lars Leijonborg Politician

Lars Erik Ansgar Leijonborg (born 21 November 1949) 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 the 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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Leijonborg Lars Erik Ansgar
Birth date	November 21, 1949
Birth place	Sweden , Stockholm County , Täby
Religion	Mission Covenant Church of Sweden

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Politician

office	Minister for Education Leader of the Liberal People's Party
party	Liberal People's Party (Sweden)
prime minister	Fredrik Reinfeldt
successor	Tobias Krantz Jan Björklund