Joe Frans (born ''Kojo Frans'' in Takoradi, Ghana) is a

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politician of Ghanaian descent, social activist, board professional and former member of parliament.

Career

Joe Frans came to Sweden to attend university. During his studies he met his wife and became involved with politics. Frans has a diploma in Communications and has been the producer of the TV-show ''Sweden Today''. He has also been CEO of ''Sweden Now AB'' and ''Skandinavisk Video Teknik AB'', companies trading TV-broadcast rights. For many years he worked as a Senior Political Advisor to the Deputy Mayor of Stockholm and as Press Secretary to the Mayor of Stockholm. He then stepped into national political arena and served as a member of the Swedish Parliament 2002–2006. In the Parliament he served on Committee on Justice and ''European Union Committee''. When the

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lost power in 2006, Frans lost his seat in Parliament.

Current Appointments

Today has several public appointments. He is a member of the

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board and the Swedish National Police Board. Joe Frans is also the Chairperson of ''Forumsyd'', the Social Democratic party in

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district, ''Broderskapdistriktet'' (a Christian Socialdemocratoc organization) and ''Rinkeby folketshus''. Frans is the founder and CEO of ''Next Generation Africa'' and ''NGA Novum AB''. He has also served as an Independent Expert for the

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, ''Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent''. Frans initiated the Swedish in 2005.

References

Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats Ghanaian emigrants to Sweden Living people 1963 births Swedish Christians Members of the Riksdag 2002–2006 {{Sweden-SocialDemocratic-politician-stub