Åke Sigurd Tobias Baudin (born 25 December 1974) is a Swedish

Social Democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

politician and trade union leader who has served as Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party since November 2021. He served as President of the

Swedish Municipal Workers' Union The Swedish Municipal Workers' Union ( sv, Svenska Kommunalarbetareförbundet), is the largest trade union in Sweden with 570 000 members as of 2005, it was created 1910. It is commonly referred to as ''Kommunal'' ("''Municipal''"). The union w ...

from 2016 to 2021 and previously served as vice president of the same organization from 2010 to 2012 before serving as vice president of the

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(LO) from 2012 to 2016.

Biography

Early life and education

Baudin has a professional background as a

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and has been educated in

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and

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Trade union career

He became involved with the trade union

through his workplace and was elected a workplace representative in 2000. From 2004 to 2010, Baudin was elected to the trade unions federal board. He has served as president of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union in Norrbotten (2009–2010), first vice president of the same organization from 2010 to 2012 and as first vice president of

(LO) (2012–2016).

President of the Swedish Municipal Workers' Union

Baudin was elected trade union president for the

at the union's congress in 2016, as

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's successor.

Political career

Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party

Baudin was designated Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party on 12 October 2021 ahead of the party's congress in November 2021 alongside

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.Tobias Baudin designated Secretary-General of the Social Democratic Party
(in Swedish)

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2021-10-12 He was subsequently elected to the position on 6 November 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baudin, Tobias 1974 births Living people Swedish trade union leaders Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians People from Norrbotten County