Ilija Batljan

Ilija Batljan, born in 1967 is a Montenegrin-Swedish Social Democratic politician and since 2010 county commissioner and leader of the opposition in Stockholm County's County council.

He moved to Sweden in 1993 during the breakup of his native Yugoslavia and in 1996 earned a B.A. in economics at Stockholm University, later disputing in 2007. Engaging himself in the Social Democratic Party under then-Prime Minister Göran Persson, he was elected municipal commissioner and Mayor of Nynäshamn in 2005, resigning in 2009 in order to take up his current post as county commissioner. He is generally regarded as a fiscal liberal and a strongman of the social liberal wing of the Social Democratic Party. During the 2010 general election he publicly criticized the party leadership for promising to reinstate wealth and property taxes levied by the Reinfeldt administration, calling the controversial property tax "perverse". His reformist agenda earned him harsh internal criticism but also made him an expected frontrunner for the Party's 2011 leadership election after the party's defeat, but he has publicly proclaimed his will not to run.^{[1][2][3][4][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

References

1. ↑ "Protokoll från landstingsfullmäktige", Stockholms läns landsting, 13 April 2010
2. ↑ Ilija Batljan slutar som kommunalråd, Nynäshamns kommun (Läst 19 December 2010)
3. ↑ Intervju i Byggbiz, december 2009
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Intervju i Stockholm Bygger, 25 april 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 21 January 2012. 
5. ↑ Intervju i Veteranen, 9 September 2009
6. ↑ "Pressmeddelande Socialdemokraterna, 13 april 2010". Bolagsfakta.se. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2012. 
7. ↑ Mia Tottmar mia.tottmar@dn.se (4 May 2010). ""Strid om miljardnotan för Nya Karolinska", Dagens Nyheter, 4 maj 2010". Dn.se. Retrieved 21 January 2012. 
8. ↑ 17:30 (21 May 2010). ""Nya Karolinska den sämsta affären i landstingets historia", DN Debatt, 21 maj 2010". Dn.se. Retrieved 21 January 2012. 
9. ↑ Nya Karolinska byggs i Solna. ""Politiker eniga om Nya Karolinska", P4 Radio Stockholm, 1 juni 2010". Sverigesradio.se. Retrieved 21 January 2012. 
10. ↑ Sofia Ohlsson Djerf sofia.ohlssondjerf@dn.se (28 May 2010). ""Socialdemokraterna i Stockholm kräver EU-prövning", Dagens Nyheter, 28 maj 2010". Dn.se. Retrieved 21 January 2012. 
11. ↑ Veckans Affärer, Sveriges 101 supertalanger 2009, va.se
12. ↑ Dagens Samhälle, Batljan en "supertalang", 10 September 2010
13. ↑ Isaksson, Christer (2010). Den nya vän(s)tern : [åt vilket håll går socialdemokraterna?]. Stockholm: Ekerlid. ISBN 978-91-7092-146-9.