Tomas Gunnar Tobé (born 16 February 1978) is a Swedish politician who serves as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden.[2]
Tomas Tobé | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Vice-Chair of the European People's Party in the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2024[1] | |
| Chair | |
| Serving alongside | |
| Preceded by | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Sweden |
| Secretary-General of the Moderate Party | |
| In office 10 January 2015 – 2 June 2017 | |
| Party chairman | Anna Kinberg Batra |
| Preceded by | Kent Persson |
| Succeeded by | Anders Edholm |
| Member of the Riksdag | |
| In office 24 September 2018 – 1 July 2019 | |
| Constituency | Stockholm County |
| In office 2 October 2006 – 24 September 2018 | |
| Constituency | Gävleborg County |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 February 1978 Gävle, Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Spouse | Markus Tobé |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Businessman, politician |
In the European Parliament, Tobé is a Vice-Chair of the European People's Party since 2024[3] and Chair of the Parliament's Committee on Development since 2019. He was Secretary-General of the Moderate Party from 2015 to 2017.[4]
Political career
editCareer in national politics
editTobé was elected to the Swedish Riksdag in the 2006 general election. During his parliament, he served as chair of its Committee on Employment from 2010 to 2012; the Committee on Education from 2012 to 2014; and the Committee on Legal Affairs from 2018 to 2019. He was mentioned as possible successor for the party leadership after Fredrik Reinfeldt, but declined and supported Anna Kinberg Batra.[citation needed]
In March 2017 there was controversy around Tobé after it was revealed that he had used public funds for wine purchases and personal trips.[5] On 2 June 2017, he was removed from his position as Secretary-General by party leader Anna Kinberg Batra and appointed Shadow Minister for Justice and Chairman of the Parliament's Committee on Justice.[6]
Member of the European Parliament
editSince the 2019 European Parliament election, Tobé has been serving as chairman of the Committee on Development. In this capacity, he co-chairs (alongside David McAllister) the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), which oversees the Parliament’s election observation missions.[7]
Tobé is also a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. On the committee, he has been serving as rapporteur on asylum and migration since 2020.[8]
In addition to his committee assignments, Tobé is part of the Parliament’s delegations for relations to Israel and to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean.[9] He also belongs to the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights[10] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights.[11]
After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Tobé supported Swedish membership in NATO.[12]
In March 2024, Tobé was one of twenty MEPs to be given a "Rising Star" award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards[13]
He was re-elected in the 2024 European Parliament election in Sweden.[14]
Personal life
editTobé is married to Markus Tobé with whom he has twins born via surrogacy.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Manfred Weber and the new EPP Group leadership team elected". www.eppgroup.eu.
- ^ Final results from European Parliament elections in Sweden Archived 21 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine Read 31 May 2019 (in Swedish)
- ^ "Manfred Weber and the new EPP Group leadership team elected". www.eppgroup.eu.
- ^ Magné, Joakim (10 January 2015). "Tobé ny partisekreterare för M". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish).
- ^ Sundberg, Marit (14 March 2017). "Tomas Tobé köpte vin med riksdagens kort". SVT Nyheter.
- ^ Efter avgångskraven: Kinberg Batra håller pressträff Läst 2017-06-02
- ^ Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) European Parliament
- ^ Bartoloni, Mia (4 December 2020). "Movers and Shakers". The Parliament Magazine. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Tomas Tobé European Parliament.
- ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
- ^ Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
- ^ Nicholson, Catherine (1 April 2022). "Sweden 'needs the security of NATO membership': Leading Swedish MEP". France 24. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "MEP Awards 2024 - The Rising Stars". The Parliament Magazine. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Valpresentation 2024 (Final results from European Parliament elections in Sweden 2024) Archived 14 June 2024 at the Wayback Machine Read 14 June 2024 (in Swedish)
- ^ Tomas Tobé become father to twins Revived 19 December 2014
External links
edit- Personal profile of Tomas Tobé in the European Parliament's database of members