Tobias Baudin Explained

Tobias Baudin
Birth Date:25 December 1974
Birth Place:Luleå, Sweden
Office1:Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
Term Start1:6 November 2021
Predecessor1:Lena Rådström Baastad
Deputy2:Malin Ragnegård
Johan Ingelskog
Term Start2:1 June 2016
Term End2:6 November 2021
Predecessor2:Annelie Nordström
Nationality:Swedish
Party:Social Democratic Party

Åke Sigurd Tobias Baudin (born 25 December 1974) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician and trade union leader who has served as Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party since November 2021.[1] He served as President of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union from 2016 to 2021 and previously as vice president of the same organization from 2010 to 2012 before serving as vice president of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) from 2012 to 2016.

Biography

Early life and education

Baudin has a professional background as a machinist[2] and has been educated in automation and control engineering.

Trade union career

He became involved with the trade union Swedish Municipal Workers' Union through his workplace and was elected a workplace representative in 2000. From 2004 to 2010, Baudin was elected to the trade unions federal board. He has served as president of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union in Norrbotten (2009–2010), first vice president of the same organization from 2010 to 2012 and as first vice president of Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) (2012–2016).[3]

President of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union

Baudin was elected trade union president for the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union at the union's congress in 2016, as Annelie Nordström's successor.[4]

Political career

Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party

Baudin was designated Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party on 12 October 2021 ahead of the party's congress in November 2021 alongside Magdalena Andersson as party leader.[5] He was subsequently elected to the position on 6 November 2021.

Controversies and scandals

References

  1. https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/qW3nEm/baudin-vald-till-ny-partisekreterare Baudin elected Secretary-General (in Swedish)
  2. http://www.lo.se/start/om_oss/ledningen/tobias_baudin Archived copy
  3. Transportarbetaren, 2012, nr 6, s. 4
  4. http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/779021?programid=3071 Tobias Baudin on the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union's lost honor
  5. https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/tobias-baudin-foreslas-bli-ny-partisekreterare-i-s Tobias Baudin designated Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
  6. Web site: Nyheter . SVT . Medlemmar rasar mot Kommunal efter avslöjande . SVT Nyheter . 2016-01-14 . sv . 2024-03-09.
  7. Web site: Karlsson . Pär . Så blev tappet efter Kommunalskandalen . Nyheter från Sveriges största nyhetssajt . 2017-01-03 . sv . 2024-03-09. bland annat skett uppträdanden av porrstjärnan Puma Swede..
  8. Web site: Lina Lund . S hot efter lotteribråket – kan använda lagstiftning för att skada Moderaterna . DN.se . 2024-03-08 . sv . 2024-03-09. https://archive.today/20240308140851/https://www.dn.se/sverige/s-hot-efter-lotteribraket-kan-anvanda-lagstiftning-for-att-skada-moderaterna/. 2024-03-08 . vi ska ge tillbaka lagstiftningsvägen och skada moderater och sverigedemokrater, säger partisekreterare Tobias Baudin (S)..