Minoo Hilda Akhtarzand ( fa, مینو اختر زند; born December 1, 1956 in

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) is an Iranian-Swedish civil servant who was Governor of Jönköping County from 2010 to 2016 and is currently Governor of Västmanland County since 2016. Minoo Akhtarzand was born and raised in Tehran. Her father was a high-ranking officer in the Shah's army. At the age of 17 she moved to Stockholm to study at the Royal Institute of Technology. Later she held various managerial posts at the Swedish energy company Vattenfall and was the director of the former regional labour agency in

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. In February 2008 she was appointed Director-General at

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, the Swedish Rail Administration. She was elected a Vice-President of

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in June 2009. She became the last Director-General of Banverket as that government agency merged with the

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(Vägverket) in 2010 to create the new

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(Trafikverket). In September 2010 she was appointed the governor of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Akhtarzand, Minoo Living people 1956 births Swedish civil servants KTH Royal Institute of Technology alumni Iranian emigrants to Sweden Politicians from Tehran Women county governors of Sweden Swedish politicians of Iranian descent