CV – Elisabeth Backteman
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Elisabeth Backteman is State Secretary to Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg.
State Secretaries are politically-appointed senior officials at the Government Offices who lead the work of a ministry directly under the head of the ministry or another minister. A State Secretary is responsible for planning and coordination.
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Areas of responsibility
Government Offices crisis management, and coordination and development issues for strengthening and monitoring society’s crisis preparedness and civil defence.
Personal
Elisabeth Backteman was born in 1966, she is married and lives in Stockholm.
Educational background
2013
Public Sector Management Programme, Swedish Institute of Management, Stockholm School of Economics
1995
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Economics and History of Economics, Stockholm University
Positions and assignments
2021–
State Secretary to Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg
2019–2021
State Secretary to Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg
2014–2019
State Secretary to Minister for Rural Affairs Sven-Erik Bucht
2014–2019
Chair, Swedish FAO Committee
2014
Quality Manager, Swedish Migration Board
2009–2014
Operational Manager and Financial Manager, Swedish Migration Board
2008–2009
Chair, Swedish Centre for International Youth Exchange
2005–2009
Policy Adviser, The Swedish Horse Industry Foundation
2002–2005
Political Adviser to Prime Minister Göran Persson, Government Offices
1997–2002
Deputy Director, Ministry of Finance
1995–1997
First Auditor, Swedish National Audit Office
1993–1995
Research Assistant, Swedish Institute for Research on Business and Work Life Issues
1990–1992
Chair, Political Science Student Council, Stockholm University
Contact
State Secretary to Minister for Home Affairs Mikael Damberg
Phone (switchboard) +46 8 405 10 00
email to Elisabeth Backteman, via senior registry clerk
