1. Ibrahim Baylan was born on 15 March 1972 and is a Swedish politician who served as minister for schools from 2004 to 2006, as minister for energy from 2014 to 2019, minister for government coordination from 2016 to 2019 and as minister for business, industry and innovation from 2019 to 2021.
Ibrahim Baylan has been a member of the Swedish Riksdag since 2006, and was deputy chairman in the education committee and spokesperson of educational issues for the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 2012 to 2014.
Ibrahim Baylan was born in Salah, a village in the Mardin Province of Southeast Turkey, and his family belongs to the Assyrian Christian people group in Turkey.
Ibrahim Baylan studied economics at Umea University and was engaged in student politics.
From 2000 Baylan worked as an ombudsman for the Swedish Union of Commercial Salaried Employees.
Ibrahim Baylan ran unsuccessfully on the Social Democratic ballot for the 2004 European Parliament election.
Ibrahim Baylan was reported to the Swedish Committee on the Constitution and called to a hearing on 12 April 2005.
Ibrahim Baylan was appointed energy minister with placement in the Ministry of the Environment at the change of government after the parliamentary elections 2014.
In September 2021, Ibrahim Baylan announced that he would be stepping down as minister in the autumn.
Ibrahim Baylan expressed it was time to try something else.