Jens Orback
Jens Olov Heinrich Orback (born April 21, 1959 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish journalist and social democratic politician . In the government of Göran Persson he was from October 21, 2004 to October 6, 2006 Minister for Democracy, Metropolitan, Integration and Gender Issues.
Life
Orback, whose mother comes from Germany , studied politics and economics at Stockholm University until 1985 . He then worked at a bank and as a department head at the Swedish Ministry of Finance . In 1990 Orback switched to public service broadcasting, where he worked as a reporter and presenter until 1995. In 2004 Orback was appointed to the Swedish government as a member of the Swedish Social Democratic Workers' Party , after having previously been involved in local politics. Since 2008 Orback has been Secretary General of the Olof Palme International Center , an organization that is active in the field of international development work and in particular civil society development and conflict resolution.
In 2008 Orback's book Medan segern firades ( Ger ., 2015: Shadows on my soul ) was published. Orback describes the experiences of his grandmother Karin, who came from a Pomeranian landowner family, and his mother Katja, née. Fliessbach, especially after the end of World War II , when her mother was raped by Red Army soldiers .
Works (selection)
- Medan sail firades. Min mammas historia. Natur och Kultur, Stockholm 2007 (German: Shadow on my soul. A war grandson discovers the story of his family. Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Brsg. 2015, ISBN 978-3-451-31267-0 , translated by Regine Elsässer )
Web links
- Curriculum vitae on the homepage of the Olof Palme International Center (accessed on November 11, 2015)
- Ute-Christine Krupp: If the war lives on in peace, DeutschlandRadio Kultur, April 25, 2015 (accessed November 11, 2015)
Göran Persson | Annika Åhnberg (1996-1998) | Jörgen Andersson (1996–1998) | Berit Andnor (from 2002) | Erik Åsbrink (1996-1999) | Ibrahim Baylan (from 2004) | Leni Björklund (from 2002) | Leif Blomberg (1996–1998, †) | Thomas Bodström (from 2000) | Jan Eliasson (from 2006) | Lars Engqvist (1998-2004) | Laila Freivalds (1996-2006) | Lena Hallengren (from 2002) | Lena Hjelm-Wallén (1996-2002) | Barbro Holmberg (from 2003) | Cärin Jämtin (from 2003) | Morgan Johansson (from 2002) | Ylva Johansson (1996–1998) and (2004–2006) | Hans Karlsson (from 2002) | Jan O. Karlsson (2002-2003) | Maj-Inger Klingvall (1996-2001) | Kjell Larsson (1998-2002) | Anna Lindh (1996–2003, †) | Lars-Erik Lövdén (1998-2004) | Gunna Lund (2002-2004) | Ulrica brass | Pär Nuder (from 2002) | Ann-Christin Nykvist (from 2002) | Jens Orback (from 2004) | Sven-Erik Österberg (from 2004) | Thomas Östros | Leif Pagrotsky | Thage G. Peterson (1996-1998) | Bosse Ringholm (from 1999) | Björn Rosengren (1998–2002) | Mona Sahlin (from 1998) | Pierre Schori (1996-1999) | Lena Sommestad (from 2002) | Anders Sundström (1996-1998) | Ingel Thalén (1999-2002) | Carl Tham (1996-1998) | Marita Ulvskog (1996-2004) | Ines Uusmann (1996–1998) | Björn von Sydow (1996–2002) | Margot Wallström (1996-1998) | Ingegerd Wärnersson (1998–2002) | Margareta Winberg (1996-2003)
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| SURNAME | Orback, Jens |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Orback, Jens Olov Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish journalist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |