Lars Leijonborg

Lars Leijonborg
Lars Leijonborg during the session of the Nordic Council in Oslo, Norway in October 2003
Minister for Higher Education and Research
In office 12 September 2007 – 17 June 2009
Prime Minister	Fredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Tobias Krantz
Minister for Education
In office 6 October 2006 – 12 September 2007
Prime Minister	Fredrik Reinfeldt
Preceded by	Leif Pagrotsky
Succeeded by	Jan Björklund
Leader of the Liberal People's Party
In office 15 March 1997 – 7 September 2007
Preceded by	Maria Leissner
Succeeded by	Jan Björklund
Personal details
Born	(1949-11-21) 21 November 1949 (age 74) Täby, Sweden
Political party	Liberal People's Party

Lars Erik Ansgar Leijonborg (born 21 November 1949)^{[citation needed]} is a Swedish politician, Minister for Higher Education and Research 2006-2009 and Head of the Ministry of Education and Research 2006–2007. During a ten-year period from 1997 to 2007, he served as chairman of the Liberal People's Party (Swedish: Folkpartiet liberalerna).

He announced on 11 June 2009 that he would be leaving the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt as soon as a successor was appointed. He was replaced by Tobias Krantz on 17 June 2009.