Jens Orback

Jens Olov Heinrich Orback is a Swedish Social Democratic Party|Social Democratic] politician. He was Minister for Democracy, Metropolitan Affairs, Integration, and Gender Equality (Sweden)|Gender Equality] in the Ministry of Justice in the Cabinet of [Göran Persson].
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, after which his currently works as Executive Director of the Global Challenges Foundation