Tomas Tobé

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Tomas Tobé
Vice-Chair of the European People's Party in the European Parliament
Assumed office
19 June 2024[1]
Chair
Serving alongside
Preceded by
See list
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
ConstituencySweden
Secretary-General of the Moderate Party
In office
10 January 2015 – 2 June 2017
Party chairmanAnna Kinberg Batra
Preceded byKent Persson
Succeeded byAnders Edholm
Member of the Riksdag
In office
24 September 2018 – 1 July 2019
ConstituencyStockholm County
In office
2 October 2006 – 24 September 2018
ConstituencyGävleborg County
Personal details
Born (1978-02-16) 16 February 1978 (age 46)
Gävle, Sweden
Political partyModerate Party
SpouseMarkus Tobé
Children2
OccupationBusinessman, politician

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]

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[edit]

Career in national politics[edit]

Tobé 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[edit]

Since 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[edit]

Tobé is married to Markus Tobé with whom he has twins born via surrogacy.[15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Manfred Weber and the new EPP Group leadership team elected". www.eppgroup.eu.
  2. ^ Final results from European Parliament elections in Sweden Archived 21 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine Read 31 May 2019 (in Swedish)
  3. ^ "Manfred Weber and the new EPP Group leadership team elected". www.eppgroup.eu.
  4. ^ Magné, Joakim (10 January 2015). "Tobé ny partisekreterare för M". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish).
  5. ^ Sundberg, Marit (14 March 2017). "Tomas Tobé köpte vin med riksdagens kort". SVT Nyheter.
  6. ^ Efter avgångskraven: Kinberg Batra håller pressträff Läst 2017-06-02
  7. ^ Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) European Parliament
  8. ^ Bartoloni, Mia (4 December 2020). "Movers and Shakers". The Parliament Magazine. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ^ Tomas Tobé European Parliament.
  10. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  11. ^ Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "MEP Awards 2024 - The Rising Stars". The Parliament Magazine. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  14. ^ 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)
  15. ^ Tomas Tobé become father to twins Revived 19 December 2014

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Political offices
Preceded by Chair of the European Parliament's
Committee on Development
2019–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Secretary-General of the Moderate Party
2015–2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-Chair of the European People's Party in
the European Parliament
2024– 		Incumbent


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