Johan Forssell

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Johan Forssell

Carl Johan Henrik Forssell (born 8 December 1979) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician, currently serving as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

[edit] Personal life

Johan Forssell was born in Stockholm but he grew up in Örebro. He has a Master of Business and Economics degree from the Stockholm School of Economics. Johan did his military service with the Artic Rangers at K4, Arvidsjaur.

[edit] Political career

Forssell joined the Moderate Youth League (Swedish: Moderata ungdomsförbundet) in 1992. He served as chairman of the Moderate School Youth from 1998 to 1999 and was elected as member of the board of the Moderate Youth League in 2000. He was elected as new chairman of the Moderate Youth League on November 20, 2004, following the resignation of Christofer Fjellner. He served on this post until November 25, 2006, when he was succeeded by Niklas Wykman.

In the general election held on September 17, 2006, Forssell was elected a member of the Riksdag. As the new cabinet was announced on October 6, Forssell was appointed as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. He left his place in the Riksdag following his new appointment.