Johan Forssell (politician, born 1979)

Carl Johan Henrik Forssell (born 8 December 1979) is a Swedish Moderate Party politician who is a Member of the Swedish Parliament for Stockholm Municipality since 2010. He previously served as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt from 2006 to 2007, and who prior to that served as chairman of the Moderate Youth League from 2004 to 2006.

Personal life and education

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. He did his military service with the Arctic Rangers at K4 in Arvidsjaur.

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.

In September 2007, he resigned from the position of Chief of Staff and become the Moderate Partys planning manager for the 2010 general election. Following the 2010 election, he returned to the Swedish Parliament where he serves as member of the Defence Committee.

Trivia

• Forssell was voted the "sexiest man in Sweden" in 2005, by the LGBT-magazine QX.

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