Jan Björklund

January Arne Björklund ( born April 18, 1962 in Skene, community Mark, Västra Götaland County ) is a Swedish politician.

After his election as member of the Reichstag in 2006 he was in the same year minister for education issues in the government Fredrik Reinfeldt and since 2007 head of the Ministry of Education. On September 7, 2007, he was elected party leader of the liberal Folkpartiet nutrition and succeeds Lars Leijonborg. In the Reichstag elections on 19 September 2010, the Folkpartiet received more votes than the Centerpartiet so that Jan Björklund on October 5, 2010 took over the post of Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson of.