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Maria Borelius | |
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| Minister for Foreign Trade | |
| In office 6 October 2006 – 14 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Östros |
| Succeeded by | Sten Tolgfors |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-07-06)6 July 1960 (age 64) Täby, Sweden |
| Political party | Moderate Party |
| Alma mater | Lund University New York University |
| Occupation | Journalist,entrepreneur |
Maria Sigrid Astrid Borelius (born 6 July 1960) is a Swedish formerMinister for Foreign Trade,Science journalist andentrepreneur, working as advisor to global companies, academies and institutions. Maria is a member of the advisory council ofOpen Europe, a European think tank with offices in London, Brussels and Berlin promoting ideas for economic and political reform of the European Union. Maria is also a Partner with Living Waters, aLondon-based consultancy focusing on CSR, public affairs and developing fundraising strategies. She is an advisor to theKarolinska Institute, which awards the Nobel prize in medicine, and toLund University and works as a columnist with the Swedish business daily,Dagens Industri, mainly covering areas of Entrepreneurship, Science, research, globalization and politics.
Between 2007 and 2012 Maria Borelius was the Vice Chairman and CEO of Hand in hand International, a UK based charity, working with partnering organisations in the developing world to promote enterprise and job-creation among marginalized women in the bottom billion. During these years the organisations in India, South-Africa, Afghanistan and India grew from 150,000 women in programs, to over 1 million women, with an international fundraising organization being created with UN partnership, and donors among businesses, private individuals and bilateral institutions.
Maria Borelius has been active on several boards of listed companies on the Swedish stock exchange, with a focus on technology companies such as Active Biotech, Sweco andTelelogic, and within academia, such as the Swedish National Science board.
In 2006 stood for Election for theSwedishModerate Party, on an agenda of promoting entrepreneurship and strengthening schools and universities. Maria Borelius was elected a Member of Parliament from theStockholm County, and becameMinister for Foreign Trade in the centre-right government that was formed after the election.[1] Just eight days after her appointment Borelius resigned from the office.[1] Within a few weeks another minister also resigned. Borelius later admitted that she during the 1990s, when her four children were small, had used child-care without reporting to the tax authorities and paying the full 32% social fees, and in the media frenzy that followed, resigned. TheSwedish Government has since then changed the system by which private child care is partly paid through the so-called “RUT” reforms.
Together with TV-entrepreneur Annie Wegelius, she started the digital TV-channel and learning portal K-World.
Before this Maria Borelius was active as sciencejournalist, and editor for the evening news “Rapport” onSwedish national public TV, and the face of the science program NOVA for many years. She produced numerous TV-programs on popular science, such as “To give birth” which got record audiences. She has written several books on popular medicine, such as “Sedan du fött”, translated into German, Norwegian and Danish, and “Motboken” with Marie Bloom. In 2013 Maria joined the advisory council ofOpen Europe.
Maria Borelius has lived in Great Britain since 2000, is married to Greger Larson, and has four children born 1990, 1992, 1993 and 1995.
| Preceded by | Minister for Foreign Trade 2006 | Succeeded by |
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